Get Rhythm: Finding the Beat
Develop rhythmic skills and musicianship using fun active listening exercises which can help everyone from a beginning music student to a professional improve.
How do you do rhythm ear training?
Here are 3 suggestions for rhythmic training in music: Build up your rhythm “vocabulary”.Pay careful attention to the rhythm of music you listen to, and seek out different genres, band configurations and so on which will stretch your sense of what kinds of...Where can I find rhythmic notation audio examples?
Connecting the traditional notation for musical rhythms with their sounds is a key part of rhythm ear training. If you want rhythmic notation audio examples, you can try the Rhythm Puzzles game from Theta Music Trainer, or learn how to use music production software...
Life After Ear Training: A Drummer’s Tale
I would be lying if I said that ear training came easily to me. Like most percussionists I knew in college, rhythm exercises and sight singing were a breeze, but trying to transpose Mozart after three listens seemed like a torture specifically designed to punish those...
Music & Life: Fun Rhythm Activities for Valentine’s Day
Develop your ear lovingly with these Valentine music activities and ear training songs like the Chocolate Triplet Boogie Woogie and the Valentine Rhythm Song.
Music & Life: The Power of Rhythm
Rhythm guides your lives. From the steady rhythm of the heart pulsing life-giving blood, to the breathing in and out of oxygen necessary for survival to the simple left-right-left-right marching pace as you walk along your path, rhythm governs each second that tick,...
If it ain't got that swing…
What if Axl and Slash had hung out with Fats Domino? Or Metallica met Miles Davis? A new music processor called The Swinger is looking to find out, by adding a swing to any song you throw at it. Get ready to hear those classics in a whole new way – and as the...
Become a Rhythm Guru with GarageBand in 5 Easy Steps
Apple’s Garageband software can be used to work on basic ear training skills involving rhythm, pitch, melody, and harmony. This article will show you how.
