The new material from the most recent class is covered in this video: https://youtu.be/cmxbVeuyIVc You will be tested on simple rhythms in 6/8 (compound meter) on the midterm, both writing and reading. Practice Sight Reading http://practicesightreading.com/create.php?demo=1 (try 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures, 4 measures long, level 1 or 2) Practicing Rhythmic Dictation: http://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/rd4.phpBasic Notation: If you want a leg up on things, eventually we will cover everything up to and including the "Simple and Compound Meters" tutorial A few links to online tutorials which introduce some of the concepts presented in class: http://trainer.thetamusic.com/en/content/rhythm-patterns http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/elements_of_music/rhythm_metre1.shtml http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDf9gc3ynhg (there are obviously many many other decent tutorials online to demonstrate these skills, try searching "music theory rhythm") http://www.practicingmusician.com/2013/02/theory-lesson-2-basic-musical-rhythm-an-introduction/ http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Music_Theory/Rhythm http://www.musictheoryresources.com/members/fa_rhythm.htm You can find many classical music scores in the public domain here: |
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