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Ian Rosenbaum
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Hi John,
Mr. Miki borrows the idea of placing a 6-note hexachord over rhythmic groups of 5 from Javanese Gamelan music - a form of music that forms the basis for the first third or so of the piece.
So, you should not play this as if it was written in 6's (you do that one or two lines later, when he DOES write this hexachord in 6's. At this point, you can clearly establish your 'downbeat'). In the beginning, practice by placing a rather noticeable accent on the beginning of each group of 5. Practice with your metronome on 53. As time goes on, lessen the accent until it is *nearly* unnoticeable, so the listener does not hear a simple 6 note hexachord phrased to the first note.
Another trick I used to practice getting this feeling down is to practice the hexachord in groups of 6, but starting on each note of it in turn. This way you can hear how the hexachord is supposed to sound if it were to start on the second or fifth note, for example, so when you are playing the 5's you can simply imagine it is single repetitions of the hexachord (minus the final note) starting on each different note of the hexachord.
Have fun!
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