Double Bass Harp Harmonics Study: Shifting Gears

This exercise is focused on phasing a pulse based in 7 against a steady melodic three note pulse. This phasing is then layered with the concept of “shifting gears“, a rhythmic technique I picked up from the great jazz guitarist Miles Okazaki. “Shifting gears“ is when one interprets the same pulse as having two different subdivisions—in this case for the first half a subdivision of two and for the second half a subdivision of three. Hopefully it all comes together to make something interesting to listen to and fun to play! My tuning for this is A-E-B-D from high to low.