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Downloadable click tracks to help tighten up your rhythm... Enjoy! Format: Downloadable Zip file containing 31 MP3s, each 2:00 minutes in duration, with tempos ranging from 60 beats per minute (bpm) to 180 bpm in 4 bpm increments... Listen to a short sample in 4/4 Time @ 120 bpm... Download Links... Click Tracks in 4/4 … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: Click Tracks
Short & sweet insights into the true nature of musical Time & Rhythm...
Welcome to a special rhythm that illustrates the profound value of chunking in order to simplify both the mental conception and physical expression of a musical idea… How to Do These Studies YouTube video on how to do the two-fisted rhythm studies below for maximum benefit... https://youtu.be/VUTvLfTR-1k Paradiddles Starting on your Left Side Paradiddles Starting on … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: Paradiddles
6/8 Time is so much more than six identical pulses strung together... 6/8 Time defines a recurring pattern of two "3-nesses" played in series where the first 3-ness, which starts on "the 1", gets a bit more emphasis than the second three-ness, which starts on "the 4". How to Do These Studies YouTube video on … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: 6/8 Time
4/4 Time is so much more than four identical pulses strung together... 4/4 Time is built upon two “2-nesses” in a row, where the first “2-ness”, which starts on "the 1" gets a bit more emphasis than the second “2-ness”, which starts on "the 3". How to Do These Studies YouTube video on how to do … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: 4/4 Time
3/4 Time is so much more than three identical pulses strung together... 3/4 Time defines a recurring pattern where the first of three pulses gets more emphasis than the second and third. How to Do These Studies YouTube video on how to do the two-fisted rhythm studies below for maximum benefit... https://youtu.be/VUTvLfTR-1k 3 Right versus 1 … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: 3/4 Time
2/4 Time is so much more than two identical pulses strung together... 2/4 Time tells us that there are 2 quarter notes per measure, that each quarter note gets one beat and that the first quarter note in each measure feels like the most important beat creates a sense of where the time is. How … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: 2/4 Time
The ability to conceive, feel, and express a repeating pulse like a musician establishes a solid rhythmic foundation for everything you play... In this lesson, we are going to study and internalize 1/4 time by playing with a metronome, counting the meter out loud and playing various rhythms by clapping our hands on our laps. … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: 1/4 Time
The Metronome, used wisely, can be a valuable tool for discovering and solving a problem with rhythm or technique, but... ... We need to talk about WHEN and HOW to use the metronome appropriately. Common Problems with Rhythm If you are playing the right notes, but your music just doesn't seem to flow, you almost … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: The Metronome
Tempo describes how many pulses occur in a given unit of time--normally measured in beats per minute (bpm)... The notion of tempo is very simple, but there are four points regarding tempo that you may find interesting and useful... Tempo & Human Heart Rate Your heart typically beats about 60-80 times per minute (about once every … Continue reading Time & Rhythm: Tempo