Fortyssimo!
The Danish arts council and AUTOR awarded me a work grant to challenge, explore and rethink the music I have created for the last 10 releases as a leader.
I will turn 40 in the summer of 2024, and will release the culmination of this composition process “Fortyssimo”
New constellations for each concert, and new music that will be presented through sound, stories and scores.
All scores are public and people should feel free to play them and have fun with them.
Available here: Fortyssimo Scores
The Rhythm Matrix
The Rhythm Matrix is a study of polyrhythms and polypulses by Danish bassist and composer Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, and here it is available as an e-Book (PDF).
The Rhythm Matrix includes the following topics:
Basic Polyrhythms
Advanced polyrhythms
Reference polyrhythms
Reference rhythms
Polyrhythms in different time signatures
3 polyrhythms at the same time
Polypulses played in order (slow to fast)
About The Rhythm Matrix
It's important for me to state that the soul and vibe of the music is always 1st priority. This study is not made with the intention of making music sound like math - conversely, since I started practising these concepts, my sense of rhythm have increased intensively. I believe in knowledge, and this is why I am sharing what I know of rhythms.
A huge thank you goes out to all the musicians that made me dig deep down into this subject and becoming a rhythm nerd!
- Kenneth Dahl Knudsen
Buy it HERE
Polyrhythmic scale exercise
This is a nice exercise to practise your rhythm and sense of form while going through your scale practise.
All links come with PDF, Sibelius and XML files
Personel
Tomasz Dabrowski - Trumpet
Jaleel Shaw - Alto saxophone
Jonas Lindh - Trombone
Gilad Hekselman - Guitar
Søren Møller - Piano
Johnathan Blake - Drums
Kenneth Dahl Knudsen - Bass & compositions
Recorded at Skyline Studios New York City January 2012
Large ensemble scores
Scores for bigband, chamber ensembles, symphony and more
