Alphabetized pictures and links to all the hottest rhythm apps featured in the resource.My "secrets" about off bench time-or at least most of them.Part 1 A cover page, Preface and Table of Contents.
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Rhythm Make it Count is a comprehensive, downloadable studio-licensed PDF which comes in sections so you can print or duplicate only the parts you need. It will assist you by providing carefully sequenced strategies for you to build strong “rhythmaniacs” and eventually excellent sight readers and musicians for life.
What you’ll find in my first tech-savvy, off-bench resource (there's more to come) is a mix of activities and app assignments that won’t necessarily teach-you’ll still have to do that. Combining the abilities of subdividing and feeling a groove will eventually build strong rhythm readers or RHYTHMANIACS! A pulse is best felt through the body-walking, marching, clapping, drills away from the piano and of course, drumming. None of this intricate knowledge of rhythm will matter until it can be locked into a steady pulse. However, the “F” could be played in countless ways-as a quarter note, two 8th notes or a whole note or…you get the point.
The bottom space of the treble clef will always be an “F” and nothing else. Yes, reading pitches from the grand staff is tricky but pitches always remain the same. Overcoming my reading inadequacies has made be passionate about demystifying this complex rhythmic notation for my students. But, when I saw beats (for example, quarter notes) as columns and each one divided into 4 equal parts and let myself count “1234” or say “watermelon” for each column, reading tricky rhythms became “easy.” I discovered that counting "1e&a" for four 16th notes didn’t help. It was based on my ability to feel, locate and isolate each beat in a measure and determine how it was added to another beat or how it was subdivided. How does this connect with a resource devoted to rhythm for students? My ability to comprehend rhythms was not based on my proficiency at counting aloud or even reading pitches. What I discovered? That when my rhythm reading became more fluid and confident, my ability to find the right pitches on the keyboard improved dramatically. As I took an accompanist position, suddenly, I had no choice-sight reading was mandatory. Let me start with a confession: For years, I hated sight reading and had resigned myself to the fact that I would never be good at it. Why a comprehensive resource devoted to rhythm? Why rhythm first over any other skill like pitch reading or scales or chords? And furthermore, why combine app assignments with off bench activities? If not, watch the next video below (or click here) and keep reading.
The planning has been done for you in Rhythm Make it Count, now you just have to do it! If you need no further convincing, buy your copy here for a mere $20 (until September 10th). My go-to activities use standard, household items usually found in the recycle bin.Ĭall me crazy but look what I like to do with paper plates! Click here if you can't see the video. In addition, if you have an aversion to the printer, ink, paper, and laminator, no worries. You'll have a resource at your finger tips devoted to just about any rhythmic concept you can think of-except polyrhythms-blog coming about that soon!Įven if you aren't crazy about the iPad or technology or don't feature an Off Bench time in your studio, you'll appreciate the innovative activities included in this resource that you can use during private or group lessons. App assignments and off-bench activities are mapped out with consideration for scope and sequence. Rhythm Make it Count is my attempt to answer your questions. In a nutshell, Off Bench time is when two students arrive at the same time and while one works with me at the piano, the other completes tasks off the bench usually with iPad apps or various manipulatives or games. Many readers have asked how I organize my Off Bench time. It's hot off the 88PK press: Rhythm Make It Count!
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