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

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.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

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: