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Quick review “point-and-echo”:
- Duple Rhythms Series 1: Basic Beats
- Duple Rhythms Series 2: Smaller Beats
- Duple: Half Notes in 4/4
- Triple Rhythms Series 1: Basic Beats
- Triple Rhythms Series 2: Smaller Beats
- Syncopations in Duple Meter
- Swing eighths in 4/4
- The rare 3/2 meter: comparing 3/4 and 3/2, Series 1 and 2
- Dotted quarter-eighth note rhythm
- Dotted eighth-sixteenth note rhythm
- Alternating duple and triple subdivisions of the beat [coming soon]
Ready for a challenge?
Try creating your own 2- or 4-macrobeat rhythm from the building blocks above. Write it down, pick a scale, turn on a backing track (like these) and explore on your instrument. Repeated rhythmic patterns is a common way to create memorable melodies!
polyrhythms
Check out these resources (navigates away from this website).
YouTube educator and musician Saher Galt has made excellent videos on polyrhythms. Rather than reinvent the wheel, check out a couple of my favorites below (links to YouTube, and leaves this website):
Here are a few more YouTube videos for polyrhythm practice:
- Hot Cup of Tea — Great for aural practice switching between feeling the beats in 2 and in 3! This piece of music combines triple with duple meter. Lots of 2 against 3 polyrhythm here.
- Polyrhythms: 2 against 3 and 3 against 2 — with a circular visual aid. This video is designed for 3 in the left hand and 2 in the right hand.
- 3:2 Polyrhythm Metronome — with a drumstick visual aid. This video is also designed for 3 in the left hand and 2 in the right hand.
And just for fun, check YouTube musicians and educators Shawn Crowder and Adam Neely show off some serious musical chops, as only the best drummers can:
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