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Lesson path V

Rhythm & Groove

Feel the beat, count it, write it down.

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Unit 13

The Pulse

Steady beat, first bars.
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13.1
The pulse
Tempo, the metronome, and your own two hands.
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13.2
The downbeat
Beats gather into bars. Beat 1 lands heavier.
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13.3
Marches & waltzes
Count in 4, count in 3. Feel the difference.
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Unit 14

Dividing the Beat

Long, short, split, silent. Written down.
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14.1
Long notes, short notes
Whole, half, quarter. Each length has a symbol.
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14.2
Splitting the beat
Eighth notes and the '&' between the counts.
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14.3
Silence counts
Rests are rhythm too. Silence with a symbol.
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14.4
The dot
A dot adds half again. Meet tam-ti.
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14.5
Read a bar
Symbols to counting. See it, then hear it.
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14.6
Name that rhythm
Strip the pitches. The song is still there.
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Unit 15

Making Beats

Kick, snare, hat. Your first grooves.
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15.1
Meet the kit
Kick holds the floor, snare answers, hat ticks.
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15.2
The backbeat
Snare on 2 and 4. The clap of pop music.
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15.3
Build a beat
Sixteen steps, three lanes, your groove.
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15.4
Echo the beat
Hear a pattern, program it back.
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Unit 16

Compound Time & Swing

Beats in threes, eighths that lope.
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16.1
Beats that split in threes
6/8: two big beats, three pieces each. The lilt.
CG
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16.2
Swing & shuffle
Same notation, lopsided eighths. Where groove lives.
AE
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Unit 17

The Other Chords

Sus, sixths, and the dark machinery.
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17.1
Hold the third
sus2, sus4 & the power chord. Chords that refuse to pick a mood.
CDF
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17.2
The sweeteners
6, m6 & add9. One extra note, no 7th, all color.
AD
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17.3
The dark machinery
°7 and mMaj7. The trapdoor and the spy-movie shiver.
E♭B
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17.4
Name that flavor
The whole wardrobe on one root. Then take it to the practice room.
CEG
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