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MAJOR TONALITIES
- Major (Ionian): melodic patterns, chords
- Mixolydian
- Lydian
MINOR TONALITIES
- Minor (Aeolian)
- Harmonic Minor
- Dorian
- Phrygian
FOR EACH RHYTHM SERIES:
Listen to the audio BEFORE using “what this looks like” pdfs.
Echo on neutral syllable, then echo using rhythm language. Choose one of the patterns, chant it, play it on the piano, and then use it play scales or to create.
BONUS: make up your own two-macrobeat pattern to chant/play, and then use this pattern to play scales or to create.
DUPLE RHYTHMS
- Duple rhythms series one: Basic beats
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like in 4/4
- Duple rhythms series two: Subdivisions of the beat (i.e., 16ths in 4/4)
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like in 4/4
- Duple rhythms series three: Off beats (syncopations and elongation)
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like in 4/4
- Duple rhythms series four: Duple vs Triple subdivisions
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like in 4/4
TRIPLE RHYTHMS
- Triple rhythms series one: Basic macro/micro beats
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like
- Triple rhythms series two: Subdivisions of the microbeat (i.e., 16ths in 6/8)
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like
- Triple rhythms series three: Off beats (syncopations and elongation)
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like
- Triple rhythms: enrhythmic 6/8 and 3/4
- Neutral syllables
- Rhythm language
- What this looks like in 6/8 and 3/4
POLYRHYTHMS
- VIDEO: 3 against 4
