Overview
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Improve your songwriting process by factoring for rhythm and building rhythm. Explore note values, time signatures, feel, timing, dynamics, syncopation, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What is rhythm and what are beats?
- Notes, measures, and counting
- Rhythm and drum set notation
- Simple rhythm examples
- Tempo and note lengths
- Using subdivisions to build rhythm
- Rests
- Rhythm examples with rests
- Triplets and duplets
- Dots and ties
- Rhythm examples
- Common time and 3/4 time
- Simple and compound time signatures
- Odd time signatures
- Choosing a time signature for your song
- Double time and half time
- Dynamics
- Accents and articulations
- Tempo and tempo changes
- Ahead of, on, or behind the beat
- Swing
- Syncopation and off beats
- Polyrhythms (two rhythms at once)
- Next steps
