Encyclopedia Of Reading Rhythms

(Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more!

Exotic rhythms from around the world are used in over 400 examples for guitar, with strumming, single-line, and fingerstyle variations of every beat pattern. Features rhythms of West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, India, Latin America and beyond, all in standard music notation and TAB. 96 pages.

Includes over 450 rhythms in every musical style including rock, blues, jazz, folk, alternative, country and more. Examples are shown in an easy-to-read rhythmic notation, standard music notation and TAB. Fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are included. The CDs offer performances of examples.

Grade level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i.

The Rhythm Encyclopedia is a collection of 6,561 different rhythms written in notation that can be used for drum set, conga, djembe, cajon, and any other drumthat has a high tone and a low tone. It will provide many hours of practice for developing stick and foot independence for drum set drummers and hand independence for hand drummers. An invaluable resource for finding interesting and varied rhythms to add to your playing repertoire

Stop straining to hit those high notes. Unlock your true potential, and start singing easily and effortlessly! Includes two CD's with demonstrations, guided exercises, and plenty of practice tasks.

Subdivide and Conquer is a subdivision-based rhythm instruction method. It can be used in private lessons for any instrument and voice; for ensemble instruction with bands, choirs, orchestras, and other ensembles; and as a beginning snare drum book. Distinctive features include: When used with bands and orchestras, it provides the option of synchronous or asynchronous basic snare drum technique instruction. It can be used as a stand-alone subdivision-based beginning snare drum method book. It provides a narrative that can be used by instructors to teach concepts, and students to learn or review them. Development of an internal sense of beat is emphasized. Practice techniques are discussed and reinforced. Efficient and effective exercises and explanations, judiciously used subdivision counting syllables with foot-tapping arrow indications, and audio examples, are provided in recognition of the limited time most ensemble and private teachers have to instruct their students. Its text, efficiency, and ability to be used simultaneously with wind, string, percussion, and keyboard instruments can be helpful for virtual-learning environments. Typical rhythm development and snare drum methods use counting syllables to label notes, instead of to measure note lengths in a systematic way as with a subdivision-based approach. To illustrate the difference, with most methods a measure in 3/4 consisting of 4 sixteenth notes followed by 2 quarter notes have the sixteenth notes counted "1e&a" and the quarter notes counted "2, 3" (often leading to students playing the quarter notes as if they were eighth notes). Subdivide and Conquer would have the sixteenth notes counted "1e&a" and instead have the quarter notes counted "2e&a3e&a," thus using the syllables to measure the lengths of the notes instead of just labeling them. Subdivide and Conquer can help conquer rhythmic guesswork and imitation, and liberate accuracy and independence.