Rhythm Foundation

Build a steady sense of pulse, rhythm, and timing.

Work in order or choose any step. A completed session with 80% correct suggests you are ready to continue. Review tricky skills tomorrow, then return in three days after a strong session.

1. 1

   Steady Beat

   Keep an even pulse through four beats.

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2. 2

   Quarter Notes

   Match a rhythm built from quarter and half notes.

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3. 3

   Eighth Notes

   Hear two equal subdivisions within a beat.

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4. 4

   Rests

   Locate silence inside a four-beat bar.

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5. 5

   Dotted Rhythm

   Distinguish long-short and short-long rhythm.

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6. 6

   Syncopation

   Find attacks between the strong beats.

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7. 7

   Triple Meter

   Hear the grouping of a three-beat bar.

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8. 8

   Rhythm Echo

   Repeat one bar with its rests and subdivisions.

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