VCC/AU Rhythm Studies Students - bernie.arai.drums.and.cymbals

Some examples of Steve Reich using his "phasing" techniques:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dxygyTks9nwffbFiBk0lI

Agbekor

https://thisworldmusic.com/agbekor-african-drumming-and-dance-from-ghana/

Explanations of 6/8 time

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/learn-to-hear-the-68-time-signature/#

https://www.8notes.com/school/theory/simple_and_compound_meter.asp?pageno=15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxbVeuyIVc

https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/11-compound.php

Practice Sight Reading

http://practicesightreading.com/create.php?demo=1

(try 2/4 time signature, 4 measures long, level 1 or 2)

Practicing Rhythmic Dictation:

http://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/rd4.php

Basic Notation:

If you want a leg up on things, eventually we will cover everything up to and including the "Simple and Compound Meters" tutorial

https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/

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: