Rhythmic Essentials
Learn how to groove! The notes below briefly explain how we as musicians understand and apply different rhythms, followed by a fun exercise or two to get you going.
Here are a few important terms to know.
Here are a few important terms to know.
We measure a song's speed with BPM, same as your heart rate! The higher the BPM, the faster the song.
Song timings are indicated as a time signature, a time signature tells us how many beats or counts we can expect in a bar of music.
When we count, the numbers 1,2,3 and for are referred to as "On-Beats" and the ands we count in-between are referred to as "Off-Beats".
Rhythmic Terms.pdfTry out this Rhythm exercise to help you groove!
Try out this Rhythm exercise to help you groove!
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