Podcast Ep.5 - How to approach a Whole Beat "Discussion?"
Added 2023-08-19 09:11:02 +0000 UTCHi everyone,
No historical sources in this episode today. With Alberto's recent interview in mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHPeP4F2Cc), the next topic came to mind: how do you actually approach a conversation (or even a discussion) about Whole Beat? The first natural reaction is to prove the existence of this metronome reading, but that is very difficult, mainly because of the fact that there is a very good chance that your conversation partner is not aware of all those sources through self-study. That immediately reduces such a conversation to a yes-no game that is of no use to anyone.
There are other ways to approach such a conversation, one of which is the reversal of the burden of proof. Something like: ok, suppose the WBMP is complete nonsense, can you show me what your solution to the problem is? And what do you think is the problem?
I go into more detail about this in the podcast. Why is that important to you? Well, for the musicians among us sometimes opportunities arise to make music with someone, a singer, violinist, ... and then you soon come to the subject of "tempo". You can avoid it or... you can try to win a musical partner for life!
Share your experience and thoughts in the comments below and as always, if you have a topic in mind, let me know!
Hartelijke groeten,
Wim
