2026-01-28

brian eno, music for airports

polymeter isn't popular in western music }:( popular in arab

syncopation is common in west african music

drummer kept time entirely on cymbals

syncopation everywhere

• high melody on the piano was entirely separate from the beat

• contributes to the "unresolved" feeling of the piece

odd gaps between phrases

role of the bass gradually builds up with each phrase until a solo in the middle.

mark julliana from new york and israeli and irani

johann sebastion bach lute suite baroque

two melodies played on one guitar

fairly abrupt pauses, rythmically active before each pause. loops after pause.

very busy, few pauses when considering the overlapping melodies

but pauses when considering them independently!

the two melodies kinda pass the lead back and forth before overlapping

gaps emphasised by a decrease in tempo before the end of each section