How music works - Rhythm

Great video! I had a few jazz history classes in college and he explained the evolution of pop music much better. For guitar players, I would recommend "Charlie Christian- The Genius of the Electric Guitar", Django Reinhardt-Djangology and Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960's. I love this stuff. I've found that I can double the amount of licks I know by varying the rhythm slightly.
 
I loved his book The Story of Music. It mainly deals with "classical", but starts with music's origins and goes all of the way through "modern" popular musics' influence on the form. Great read.

There's a series related to the book and playlists on Spotify that correspond with the books chapters.
 
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