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Improve your sense of rhythm

What you will learn

Internalize faster rhythms to play in time with the main beat

Use time signatures to ‘feel’ the beat and stay in time

Master a technique to stay on the beat, even during silences

Play two-part rhythms, including polyrhythms to keep the beat steady

You’ll be sight-reading, clapping, drumming and conducting along with me

Description

You’re here because you want to improve your playing, improve your sense of rhythm. Maybe you’re just getting started with playing piano, playing the guitar or drums.

Maybe you’ve:

  • taught yourself,
  • already have a music instructor or
  • have taken an online course to get you to where you are now.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the musical skills to improve your sense of rhythm. You’ll be sight-reading, clapping, drumming, conducting (yes, you’ll be conducting an orchestra – no big deal), and playing polyrhythms with me.

The next few lessons will give you the basic musical skills musicians use to improve their sense of rhythm.

We’re going to be going over things like basic note values, time signatures, how to feel the beat and how to play in time.


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So if you don’t know what I’m talking about don’t worry, I’ll be teaching you step-by-step.

If, on the other hand, you’re a seasoned musician already, you might like to use this course as a refresher. Or you may want to skip to the end, where we learn to play a two-part polyrhythm.

One of the features of this course is that you don’t need any equipment or even an instrument because we’ll be using things from around the house or just clapping to practice rhythm.

I’ve done this so you’ll grasp the basics of rhythm much more quickly and without distraction. Then you can easily take this knowledge and apply it to your own instrument – any instrument.

English
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Content

Introduction

Welcome to the Course!

Internalise the beat by Subdividing

Subdivide in 4
Subdivide in 3

The beat goes on

Dealing with Silences
Feeling the Pulse of a Time Signature
3/4 and 6/8 Time Signatures

Get your groove on: Time Signatures

Your orchestra is waiting, Maestro!
Two beats per measure with musical examples
Three Beats per bar with musical examples

3:2 Polyrhythms: Beat Multitasking

Write and internalise 3 against 2
Metronome Challenge

Congratulations! You’ve completed the course.

Here’s what is next…