Reading Music: Rhythm Training

Reading Music: Rhythm Training, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.65, with 80 lectures, based on 118 reviews, and has 689 subscribers.

You will learn about 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 This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone wanting to learn how to read, play, and notate rhythms or Beginning musicians or Musicians who never "really" learned how to read rhythm or Musicians who want to brush up on their rhythm reading It is particularly useful for Anyone wanting to learn how to read, play, and notate rhythms or Beginning musicians or Musicians who never "really" learned how to read rhythm or Musicians who want to brush up on their rhythm reading.

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Summary

Title: Reading Music: Rhythm Training

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.65

Number of Lectures: 80

Number of Published Lectures: 80

Number of Curriculum Items: 80

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 80

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will 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

Who Should Attend

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

Target Audiences

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

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 imitating
Then they learn to read the language
And finally, they learn to write the language

Each 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.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: What is Rhythm?

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Lecture 2: Beat vs Rhythm

Chapter 2: Multiples of the Beat

Lecture 1: Half Notes and Whole Notes

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Quarter and Half

Lecture 3: Reading Exercises: Quarter and Half

Lecture 4: Writing Tips

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Quarter and Half

Lecture 6: Imitation Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole

Lecture 7: Reading Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole

Lecture 8: Writing Tips

Lecture 9: Writing Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole

Lecture 10: Unit Counting Assignment

Lecture 11: Setting up Smart Music

Lecture 12: Using Smart Music

Lecture 13: Your Microphone

Lecture 14: Assessments for Section 2

Chapter 3: Subdivisions of the Beat

Lecture 1: 8th Notes and 16th Notes

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Quarter and 8th

Lecture 3: Reading Exercises: Quarter and 8th

Lecture 4: Writing Tips

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Quarter and 8th

Lecture 6: Imitation Exercises: Quarter and 16th

Lecture 7: Reading Exercises: Quarter and 16th

Lecture 8: Writing Tips

Lecture 9: Writing Exercises: Quarter and 16th

Lecture 10: 8th Note and 16th Note Combinations

Lecture 11: Imitation Exercises: 8th-16th Combos

Lecture 12: Reading Exercises: 8th-16th Combos

Lecture 13: Writing Tips

Lecture 14: Writing Exercises: 8th-16th Combos

Lecture 15: Imitation Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th

Lecture 16: Reading Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th

Lecture 17: Writing Exercises: Quarter, 8th, and 16th

Lecture 18: Assessments for Section 3

Chapter 4: Metric Counting

Lecture 1: Metric Counting for Multiples of the Beat

Lecture 2: Metric Counting Assignment: Quarter, Half, Whole

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Exercises: Quarter, Half, Whole

Lecture 4: Metric Counting for Subdivisions of the Beat

Lecture 5: Metric Counting Assignment: Quarter, 8th, 16

Lecture 6: Metric Counting Exercises: Quarter, 8th, 16th

Chapter 5: Multiples & Subdivisions

Lecture 1: Rhythms Containing Multiples & Subdivisions

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions

Lecture 3: Reading Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions

Lecture 4: Writing Exercises: Multiples and Subdivisions

Lecture 5: Smart Music Subdivisions

Lecture 6: Smart Music Count Off

Lecture 7: Assessments for Section 5

Chapter 6: Dotted Notes

Lecture 1: How Dotted Notes Work

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Dotted Notes

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Assignment: Dotted Notes

Lecture 4: Reading Exercises: Dotted Notes

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Dotted Notes

Lecture 6: Assessments for Section 6

Chapter 7: Rests

Lecture 1: Types of Rests

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Rests

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Assignment: Rests

Lecture 4: Reading Exercises: Rests

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Rests

Lecture 6: Assessments for Section 7

Chapter 8: Triplets

Lecture 1: Artificial Divisions

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Triplets

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Assignment: Triplets

Lecture 4: Reading Exercises: Triplets

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Triplets

Lecture 6: Assessments for Section 8

Chapter 9: Ties

Lecture 1: Adding Notes Together

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: Ties

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Assignment: Ties

Lecture 4: Reading Exercises: Ties

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: Ties

Lecture 6: Assessments for Section 9

Chapter 10: Compound Meter

Lecture 1: Changing the Beat

Lecture 2: Imitation Exercises: 6/8 time

Lecture 3: Metric Counting Assignment: 6/8 time

Lecture 4: Reading Exercises: 6/8 time

Lecture 5: Writing Exercises: 6/8 time

Lecture 6: Compound Meter in Smart Music

Lecture 7: Assessments for Section 10

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Lecture 9: BONUS LECTURE: LINKS

Instructors

Jonathan Peters
Award-winning Composer

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