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93.1First distinction — tempo versus groove
Tempo asks:
How fast is the underlying pulse?
Groove asks:
How are events organized around that pulse?
At 120 BPM you can have:
- swing
- funk
- bossa
- straight pop
- half-time
- double-time illusion
without changing the metronome.
Workshop 92.
Today we actually alter:
the pulse itself.