Reading Music: Rhythm Training
Last updated 6/2021
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Language: English | Size: 840.37 MB | Duration: 3h 12m
Learn to read, play, and write rhythms

What you'll learn
How to read and play rhythms
Distinguish beat from rhythm
Discover if you are playing rhythms correctly with instant feedback from "Smart Music" software
Learn both "Unit" counting and "Metric" counting
Practice hearing rhythms and writing them down
Get tips for playing various rhythm patterns
Be able to read, play, and write multiples and subdivisions of the beat
Be able to read, play, and write dotted notes, rests, triplets, ties, and more
Requirements
No previous musical knowledge is needed.
Smart Music software (a free download) to complete the rhythm assessments and get instant feedback on your rhythm performance
A piano (or other instrument) is helpful but NOT necessary - you can clap the rhythms if you don't own one.
Some type of basic music notation software will be needed to complete the rhythm writing assignments. I recommend MuseScore which is a free open source music notation software. Or you can just use paper and pencil.
Description
Why a course about rhythm?In my 30 years of experience as a music teacher I have found that more people struggle with reading rhythm than reading pitch.Many courses only teach the letter names of the notes. Knowing the letter names of the notes is useless information if you don't know how long each note should be played for.Isolating rhythm from pitch lets you focus your attention on mastering rhythm which is the most fundamental element of music. Once you have a solid foundation in rhythm, learning the other elements of music will be much easier and quicker.Music is a type of language and so in this course we will learn the same way a child learns a language.First, they learn to speak by hearing others and imitatingThen they learn to read the languageAnd finally, they learn to write the languageEach section includes:Learning a new concept.Practicing the new concept through, imitating, reading, and writing.An assessment in Smart Music where you will get instant feed back on your performance of various rhythms.
Overview
Section 1: What is Rhythm?
Lecture 1 Course Overview
Lecture 2 Beat vs Rhythm
Section 2: Multiples of the Beat
Lecture 3 Half Notes and Whole Notes
Lecture 4 Imitation Exercises: Quarter and Half
Lecture 5 Reading Exercises: Quarter and Half
Lecture 6 Writing Tips
Lecture 7 Writing Exercises: Quarter and Half
Lecture 8 Imitation Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole
Lecture 9 Reading Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole
Lecture 10 Writing Tips
Lecture 11 Writing Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole
Lecture 12 Unit Counting Assignment
Lecture 13 Setting up Smart Music
Lecture 14 Using Smart Music
Lecture 15 Your Microphone
Lecture 16 Assessments for Section 2
Section 3: Subdivisions of the Beat
Lecture 17 8th Notes and 16th Notes
Lecture 18 Imitation Exercises: Quarter and 8th
Lecture 19 Reading Exercises: Quarter and 8th
Lecture 20 Writing Tips
Lecture 21 Writing Exercises: Quarter and 8th
Lecture 22 Imitation Exercises: Quarter and 16th
Lecture 23 Reading Exercises: Quarter and 16th
Lecture 24 Writing Tips
Lecture 25 Writing Exercises: Quarter and 16th
Lecture 26 8th Note and 16th Note Combinations
Lecture 27 Imitation Exercises: 8th-16th Combos
Lecture 28 Reading Exercises: 8th-16th Combos
Lecture 29 Writing Tips
Lecture 30 Writing Exercises: 8th-16th Combos
Lecture 31 Imitation Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th
Lecture 32 Reading Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th
Lecture 33 Writing Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th
Lecture 34 Assessments for Section 3
Section 4: Metric Counting
Lecture 35 Metric Counting for Multiples of the Beat
Lecture 36 Metric Counting Assignment: Quarter, Half, Whole
Lecture 37 Metric Counting Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole
Lecture 38 Metric Counting for Subdivisions of the Beat
Lecture 39 Metric Counting Assignment: Quarter, 8th, 16
Lecture 40 Metric Counting Exercises: Quarter, 8th, 16th
Section 5: Multiples & Subdivisions
Lecture 41 Rhythms Containing Multiples & Subdivisions
Lecture 42 Imitation Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions
Lecture 43 Reading Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions
Lecture 44 Writing Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions
Lecture 45 Smart Music Subdivisions
Lecture 46 Smart Music Count Off
Lecture 47 Assessments for Section 5
Section 6: Dotted Notes
Lecture 48 How Dotted Notes Work
Lecture 49 Imitation Exercises: Dotted Notes
Lecture 50 Metric Counting Assignment: Dotted Notes
Lecture 51 Reading Exercises: Dotted Notes
Lecture 52 Writing Exercises: Dotted Notes
Lecture 53 Assessments for Section 6
Section 7: Rests
Lecture 54 Types of Rests
Lecture 55 Imitation Exercises: Rests
Lecture 56 Metric Counting Assignment: Rests
Lecture 57 Reading Exercises: Rests
Lecture 58 Writing Exercises: Rests
Lecture 59 Assessments for Section 7
Section 8: Triplets
Lecture 60 Artificial Divisions
Lecture 61 Imitation Exercises: Triplets
Lecture 62 Metric Counting Assignment: Triplets
Lecture 63 Reading Exercises: Triplets
Lecture 64 Writing Exercises: Triplets
Lecture 65 Assessments for Section 8
Section 9: Ties
Lecture 66 Adding Notes Together
Lecture 67 Imitation Exercises: Ties
Lecture 68 Metric Counting Assignment: Ties
Lecture 69 Reading Exercises: Ties
Lecture 70 Writing Exercises: Ties
Lecture 71 Assessments for Section 9
Section 10: Compound Meter
Lecture 72 Changing the Beat
Lecture 73 Imitation Exercises: 6/8 time
Lecture 74 Metric Counting Assignment: 6/8 time
Lecture 75 Reading Exercises: 6/8 time
Lecture 76 Writing Exercises: 6/8 time
Lecture 77 Compound Meter in Smart Music
Lecture 78 Assessments for Section 10
Lecture 79 Conclusion
Lecture 80 BONUS LECTURE: LINKS
Anyone wanting to learn how to read, play, and notate rhythms,Beginning musicians,Musicians who never "really" learned how to read rhythm,Musicians who want to brush up on their rhythm reading
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