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Rhythm

Rhythm Test #1

Now before we really dive in I’ll need to test what you know already about rhythm. Don’t worry, it’s an easy test!

Rhythm Test #2

This test isn’t that much harder than the last one, but you HAVE to be able to do this in order to move on to the stuff I’m going to show you in the next few lessons, so good luck!

Up Beats & Down Beats

Alright, it’s only the 4th lesson of this series, I guess I’d better start actually showing you something, huh? We’ll start out with something really simple. Today we talk down beats...

The E’s & A’s

If you’ve got a good handle on down beats and up beats then finding the E’s and the A’s shouldn’t be that difficult. Actually it kind of is, but if you go slow it’s not s...

Playing On Top, Behind & In Front of the Beat

When it comes to playing with good time and feel there’s really three different ways to do it, and in this lesson I’ll describe and demonstrate all of them for you.

You Have to Move with the Music

I don’t care who you are or what kind of music you play; if you don’t move with the music then 1. your groove is suffering and 2. your band is bored with you and 3. your audience is too.

Develop your clock: Internal Timing Exercise

This is perhaps my FAVORITE exercise to work on with my private students. It starts out pretty easy but gets pretty intense relatively quickly, so enjoy!

Rhythmic Accent Displacement

Are you good at 3rd grade math? If so, then you’ve got what it takes to do what I’m going to show you in this video.

Rhythmic Syncopations

Syncopations are the best! It’s one of the best things to do in music and it’s also purely magical when it happens between the band unintentionally. And once you’ve finished this les...

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