Dissecting the Beat
I'm currently working on a new series of counting exercises specifically to help with reading "Pop" music (pop culture music). This series is
supposed to help develop competency and confidence reading rhythms that are easy to "feel," but typically difficult to read--at least at first.
supposed to help develop competency and confidence reading rhythms that are easy to "feel," but typically difficult to read--at least at first.
All Those Rhythms!
4/4 Time - 8th/16th Combinations (i.e. no triplets)
This is a resource I've begun developing that is focused on making sure students hit a variety of rhythms as often as possible. There are ten exercises per page addressing quarters and halves, basic eighth patterns, dotted notes, eighth rests, basic sixteenth notes, sixteenth/eighth combinations, dotted eighths, and a couple more. You could use this in a few different ways.
Here's some ideas:
1 - Use it as a teaching/reinforcement tool - count/clap, sizzle/sing, play
2 - Sight-reading practice
3 - Read it down! Once students get to a certain level, this can just be a great five minute review of a lot of rhythms they should hit often.
Here's some ideas:
1 - Use it as a teaching/reinforcement tool - count/clap, sizzle/sing, play
2 - Sight-reading practice
3 - Read it down! Once students get to a certain level, this can just be a great five minute review of a lot of rhythms they should hit often.
Pop Rhythms
Pop Rhythms is a series that focuses on reading rhythms seen in "pop culture" music. This series dives into syncopation, complicated up-beats, and more. My first resources I created in this series stemmed from wanting to be able to play a TON of music with pep band. I began distilling common rhythms in many of the tunes and making sure to understand and REINFORCE basic rhythmic concepts. Through repetition of similar (with slight variation) rhythms, players gain an understanding that can be replicated on any tune one is trying to play.
Pop Rhythms Part II
For more resources, head over to the POP RHYTHMS section of the Cinematic Series.
There are more of the two videos below for some extended resources for practice.
There are more of the two videos below for some extended resources for practice.
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