What is Covered

CONTENTS

Here is a complete list of the topics and exercises presented in the book. Learning Rhythms.

PART 1 - INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 1 - BEAT BAR EXERCISE TOPICS (EXERCISES 1 – 10)

Topic 1 - TIME, page 1

Topic 2 - BEATS, page 2

Topic 3 - BEATS–CHANGING SPEED OR CHANGING THE LENGTH OF TIME MEASURED, page 2

Topic 4 - MARKING TIME (WHEN BEATS START AND END), page 3

Topic 5 - BEAT BARS – A VISUAL LENGTH OF TIME, page 4

Topic 6 - IMPORTANT BEATS, page 5

Topic 7 - BEAT GROUPS, page 5

Topic 8 - BEAT NAMES, page 6

Topic 9 - COUNTING TIME, page 7

SECTION 2 - DIVIDED BEAT BAR EXERCISE TOPICS (EXERCISES 11 – 50)

Topic 10 - DIVIDING BEATS, page 8

Topic 11 - RHYTHM, page 10

Topic 12 - UNDERLYING BEAT STRUCTURE, page 10

Topic 13 - NAMES OF BEAT DIVISIONS, page 10

SECTION 3 - TIME SIGNATURE EXERCISE TOPICS

Topic 14 - THE TIME SIGNATURE, page 14

SECTION 4 - NOTE AND REST EXERCISE TOPICS

Topic 15 - MUSICAL NOTES AND RESTS, page 17

Topic 16 - WHY WE USE NOTES AND RESTS, page 23

Topic 17 - PLACING NOTES AND RESTS ON BEAT BARS, page 24

Topic 18 - PLACING NOTES AND RESTS ON DIVIDED BEAT BARS, page 26

SECTION 5 - TIED NOTES AND LONG NOTES AND RESTS EXERCISE TOPICS

Topic 19 - TIED NOTES, page 45

Topic 20 - NOTES AND RESTS THAT ARE LONGER THAN ONE BEAT, page 47

SECTION 6 – SYNCOPATION AND SWING STYLE EXERCISE TOPICS

Topic 21 - SYNCOPATION ACCENTS, page 52

Topic 22 - SWING (JAZZ) RHYTHMS, page 59

PART 2 - EXERCISES

EXERCISES 1 – 10 BEAT BARS / NOTES AND RESTS

EXERCISES 11 – 20 DIVIDED BEAT BARS / NOTES AND RESTS (Comprehensive Note Exercises)

EXERCISES 21 – 40 DIVIDED BEAT BARS / NOTES AND RESTS (Comprehensive Note Exercises)

EXERCISES 41 – 50 DIVIDED BEAT BARS / NOTES AND RESTS (Comprehensive Note Exercises)

EXERCISES 51 – 70 NOTES AND RESTS (Comparative Notation Exercises Using Notes)

EXERCISES 71 – 90 NOTES AND RESTS (Comparative Notation Exercises Using Rests)

EXERCISES 91 – 93 LONG NOTES

EXERCISES 94 – 104 TIED NOTES

EXERCISES 105 – 106 TIME SIGNATURES

EXERCISES 107 – 119 NOTES AND RESTS (Comprehensive Rest Exercises)

EXERCISE 120 SWING RHYTHMS

EXERCISE 121 6 /8 TIME

Total length of the book is 258 pages.