198857791-Understanding-Rhythm.pdf

DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE SERIES

UNDERSTANDINO RHYTHTN A GUIDE IO READING

TNUSIC

By Michoel Louren

Alfred Publishing Co., lnc. 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 P.O. Box 10003

Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003

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PUBLISHED BY ALFRED PUBLISHING CO,, INC. O 1991 MANHATTAN MUSIC, INC, ALL RIGHTS CONTROLLED AND ADMINISTERED BY ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" PRINTED IN USA. ISBN 10: 0-7692-2022-3

The oim of this book is to ocquoint non-reoders with the fundomentols of reoding rhythmic nototion. Although no book bv itself con teoch you to moster the obility to reod, l-believe this táxt will put you on the right rood to underitonding ond performing written music. I strongly suggest professionol instruction since o teocher

con be on involuoble guide. Proctice slowly, go for occurocy,

To

count out loud, use o metronome, ond of course plov the rl-r*iin time. Also moke it o point to supplement this'búk *iti ol ovoiloble moteriol. Check with your'teocher o, lo.ol rnrri. í for suggestions on other.books. Íhe rore music yo;;";Jfll;; the better reoder you will become.

fhe memory of Annette qnd Frqnk Berlin.

Thonks: Rob Wollis ond Poul,siegel; John Costellono ond Everyone ot the Drummers Collective; Dqn Thress, Jock Woltrip ond Bob sherwin; Michoel Joos ond The Lóng lslond Drum ond Guitor óenter, Medford, t;;k.-

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Speciol thonks: Kothleen

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All exercises ore written only for the honds, ond oll lessons should be ployed-ogoi.nst.o constoni quorter-note pulse. You con _ use your right,.left, or both feet to top the quorter-noie pulse. 2 Work on one line ot o time. 3 Repeot eoch line until it is ployed correctly. 4 Teochers should feel free to present the m'oteriol in the order thot they feel most comfortoble with. 5 Aliernoting or right hond leod sticking con be used.

ó 7 8 9

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See oppendices for subdivisions. Rests ore counted the some wqy os notes. Ploy ot o voriety of dynomic levels. Ploy ot o voriety of tempos.

Drummers who wont to leorn to reod on the drumset should work on the recommended independence exercis{

so.you ore oble to perform the,norored. rhphms correcrly. Counting is mod 1-"^'f:,"^:lf:Ï'Ln^: liolll-"r.i:ole,o leference,point uP or o serles ot verbol sounds. Eoch sound corresponds to the type of note or rest ond its ploce in the meosure.

EXAMPtES:

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Eighth-nores Fírst portiol, (+)= Second portiol

(l ) =

2 Sixteenth-notes {l ) = First portiol, (e) = Second porÌiol, (+) = ïhird portiol, (o*) = Forth portiol, (*o = uh or duh)

3

Eighth-note triplets (l ) = First portiol, (+ or trip) = Second portiol, (o or

let) =

ïhird portiol

DrummeÍs Collertive Tnr Wonn's PRrntrR DRUM Sctoor Drummers Collective, situoted in the heort of New York City, wos estoblished in lgTT os 1he firsf music school dedicoted exclusively fo the sfudy of drumset ploying. The foculry ot Drummers Collective feofures some of the most prominent drummers on the contemporory s(ene. Course offerings vory from individuol privofe lessons to on intensive fen *""i progrom. For more informotion coll l2l2l741-0091 or write to: Drummers Colleciive 541 Avenue of the Americos

New York, NY

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FOREWERD HELPFUL HINTS FUNDAMENTAT$ QF ETUSIC NOïE VATUE €HART

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TESSON

ONE

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lntroducing whole-notes, holf-notes, quorter-notes ond rests

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Two

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lntroducing eighth-notes

TF$SON

TFIREE

12

lntroducing eighth-note rests

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ntroduci ng sixteenth-notes

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Sixteenth ond eighth-nole combinotions

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lntroducing dotted notes

tEssQN

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lntroducing sixteenth-note rests ond dotted eighth-note rests

LES$ON

EIçHT

2T

lntroducing ties

NINE 30 lntroducing eighth-note triplets TESSQN TEN 33 IES$EN

Eighth-note triplet ond eighth-note combinotions

TESSQN

EIEVEN

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More triplet combinotions including dotted notes

rEssoN

TWEwE

39

lntroducing sixteenth-note triplets

THIRTËEN

I-HS$ON 42 More sixteenth-note triplet combinotions

TESSON

FOURTEEN 46

lntroducing subdivided eighth-note triplets l*9 LES$ON FIFTEEN lntroducing quorter-note ond holf-note triplets

g2

tEgSON SIXTEEN

lniroducing thirty second-notes

IE$SON SEVENTEEN 59 lntroducing syncopotion

INDEFENDGNCE EXERCI$ES FOR

APPENDIX I APPENDIX II ENHÂRI$ONIE

DRUIfi$ET

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RHYTHf*g

ó5 óô

Itlusic nototion

is o writfen system thot represents sound ond silence.

Music is written on

o stqÍf.

The stoff is o group of porollel lines upon ond between which notes or rests ore writfen. It r

oily used.

A noÍe

is o written symbol indicoting sound. The type of note

determines the length of the sound.

Note

vslue

is o written symbol indicoting silence. All rests hove the some nomes os their corresponding note-volues.

Bar línes ore verticol

stems of vorious

--JI

two bor lines. Mecrsures ore used to divide the music into groups of beots.

notes moy go up or down. The direction of the stem does not offect the volue of the nofe.

pulse.

Eoch unit of pulse is colled The

---?- _ C

lines drown through the stoff to indicote meosures.

A measure is the sPoce between

Rhythm is

ll ---t--+-

is the relotion one note hos to onother.

A ngsf

The

ïhe five line stoff is gener-

o beat.

time signature

is o sign ot the beginning. of o composition. The top number indicotes how mony beots ore in eoch meosure. The bottom number indicotes the kind oinote thot is equol to one beot.

ïhe dot ploced ofter o note or rest increoses the volue o[ thot note or resf by holf of its originol volue.

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-T'

=

-------- +---J---

The tie is on orching line connecting two successive notes indicoting thqt fhe second note should nof be ployed. This pertoins to drummers only. (See exomple on ties.) 3

The hiplet is o group of three notes of equol volue recognized by the numerql ,3, ploced over or under the cenfer note.

A single measure repeat sígn

4

indicotes to repeot the precedíno meosure.

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4

1+2+3+4+

1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

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INDFFF]ìIDFIICF FX;RCI$E$ FOn

I Snore drum: Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson drum:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

2 R.ide cymbol: Snqrc drum:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

drum:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

3 Snqre drum: Ride cymbol:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

drum:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

4 Ride cymbol: Snqre drum: Bqss drum:

Ploy constont quorter-notes

Bqss

Bqss

Bqss

5q R.ide cymbol: Snqle drum: Boss

drum:

ób Ride cymbol: Snqrc drum: Boss drum:

Sixteenth-notes Ploy on beots 2 & 4 Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson Repeot exercises

Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson

2,3, A,5 ond ó

while ploying the hi-hot on beots 2 ond 4 (with your foot) Repeot exercises 2,3, 4,5 ond ó Hi-hot Ploy constont quorter-

Ploy the rhyïhms from eoch lesson

:

notes (with your foot)

2&4 Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson

PloY on beots

9 Ride cymbol: Snqrc drum:

Bosic iozz ride pottern Ploy the rhythms from eqch lesson

Bqss drum: Ploy constont quorter-notes Hi.hor: Ploy on beots 2 & 4

Eighth-notes Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson Ploy constont quorter-notes

5b Ride cymbol: Eighth-notes Snqrc drum: Ploy on beots 2 & 4 Bqss drum: Ploy the rhythms from eoch

óo Ride cymbol: Sixteenth-notes Snqre drum: Ploy the rhythms from eoch Btlss drum: Ploy constont quorïer-notes

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lesson

cymbol: Snqrc drum: Bqss drum: Hi-hql:

I O R.ide

tl

Bosic iozz ride pottern Ploy on beots 2 & 4 Ploy the rhythms from eoch lesson Ploy on beots

2&4

Repeot exercises 9 ond l0 Hi-hot : Ploy constont quorternotes (with your foot)

lesson

;''#hms con be counted different woys, but the results should olwoys be the some. I hove listed some of the olter

-:'ive counting systems below.

::ge 9-ì

Poge I 2-1

)cge

Poge

15-1

le+aZe+a

3e+a

1e+42e+a3e+a4e+a + 3e+a4 1e+a2

4e+a

)oge I B-l

+

Poge 1B-2 e+a e+

Poge

'15-2

2e+a3e+a4 2+3+4

e +a e+

L e+ 1+

2 e+ a 3 e+ a 4 2+3+4+

^

e+ a

Poge 21-2

2l -'l

1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a 1+2+3+4+

1 e + a 2e+ a 3 e + a 4e+

a

Poge 24'2

?oge 24-1

e e

)oge 24-3

+ +

a2

e+a

2

+

Poge 24-4

1e

+ aZ e+

a

2e+a

6

Poge27-2

Poge 27-1

Poge 33-'l

Poge 30-1

1 triplet

ltrip let 2 triP let 3 rrip let 4 trip let

33

3

+

Poge 39-1

Poge 3ó-'l

+ 1 trip let 2 1 triP let 2 triPlet +tliPlet

1e+uh2 + ltriplet 4e+ulì

3 3

+ tlip let 4 + triPlt't + tliPlet let trip

333

333

3

Poge 50-1

Poge 4A-1

3+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 1+ 2 triplet + 3+ 4 triplet +

i trip let

Poge

Poge 53-'l

1 trip let 2 trip let 3 trip let

g

3

4

54-l t-

Poge 59-'l

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let

3

1 trip 1et 2 trip lct 3 tlip Ìet 'i trip let

trip let

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Poge 5ó-1

2 trip

3

3

3

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2 + 3 + 4

3

Poge 59-2

+iì +

1+2+3

3 +1++

ore unoble to control the length of o note (with the exception of dompening), they must mprooch dots ond ties differently thon other musicions. Below ore some exomples of how this';rks. &ecouse drummers

As ployed by drummers

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