Isomelody and Isorhythm

An interesting exercise is to take an existing melody (as I did with the Bach cello suite) and map it over another rhythm. You can compose your own or use an existing one. With Be Bach I used the sequence of notes in the Suite and mapped it over a bop rhythm that I composed. After the melody was done I added chord changes.

(Someone should write a program that will do this automatically.)

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Here is the source Bach cello Suite:

 

 

 A more recent video:

 

Using isorhythm in a bass line: