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)
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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. |
