MLA Commons | Ben Geyer | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/bengeyer/activity/ Activity feed for Ben Geyer. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:29:14 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 cbb58870451ee10e9e00706c7f5a5260 Ben Geyer replied to the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-jazz-interest-group/forum/topic/v-in-rhythm-changes/#post-28632 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:37:14 -0500 Garrett,

Thanks for responding to this! I’m working on hierarchy within cyclical chord progressions (I do think at least some aspects are hierarchical) but certainly don’t want to be chasing windmills.

Ben

]]> 0 1523974eebb2293d35716a83595919f9 Ben Geyer replied to the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-jazz-interest-group/forum/topic/v-in-rhythm-changes/#post-27637 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:04:41 -0500 To clarify (because of the font change): that progression is I-V-I-V, with one chord per bar.

]]> 0 96034161c27acb9ae4495a2c3a365c45 Ben Geyer started the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-jazz-interest-group/forum/topic/v-in-rhythm-changes/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:02:27 -0500 Dear SMT JIG,

I wonder if any of you would give me your opinion on a question that’s been bugging me for ages. Let’s say we agree that you can reduce rhythm changes to |I|V|I|V| in the first four measures. Do you hear those Vs as back-related? Front-related? Depends on comping vs. soloing? Depends on the line being played? Depends on something…[Read more]

]]> 0 41398a3d574a691d4645875b46fcf11c Ben Geyer replied to the topic SMT 2019 Meeting in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-jazz-interest-group/forum/topic/smt-2019-meeting/#post-26152 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:22:40 -0400 Garrett,

This is a great idea, and I like the game plan. Thanks for organizing this!

Sincerely,

Ben Geyer

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