[1]Daniel Laberge music Rhythm explained including 27 rhythm exercises by Daniel Laberge Rhythm figure Hi rhythm lovers, I've devised these exercises in the early seventies while teaching music. I could not find any existing book that saw rhythm the way I did. This method is based on "rhythmic figures" or rhythm possibilities. Each one lasts one beat. I simply counted the rhythmic possibilities one could encounter for each type of beat divisions. There are: o Four rhythmic possibilities if the beat is divided by two o Eight rhythmic possibilities if the beat is divided by three o Sixteen rhythmic possibilities if the beat is divided by four I composed the exercises back then and used them for my teaching, but I only wrote the theory that goes along in 2002. The book is called "Rhythm explained" and I am gradually placing its content here. Each exercise is preceded by a lesson, with graphic representations, and includes an audio rendition to help you. You can choose between three speeds. For jazz musicians, the binary exercises also have a swing or double swing performance. Go to the bottom of the page for a link to the swing version. Choose among the following exercises: Beat exercises [2]Rhythm exercise 1-1 Featured figures [3][onequarternote1.gif] [4] [onehalfnote1.gif] [5] [dottedhalfnote1.gif] [6] [wholenote1.gif] [7]Rhythm exercise 1-2 Featured figures [8][quarternoterest1.gif] [9] [halfnoterest1.gif] [10] [wholenoterest1.gif] [11]Rhythm exercise 1-3 Featured figures [12][quarternoterest1.gif] [13] [halfnoterest1.gif] [14] [dottedhalfnoterest1.gif] [15] [wholenoterest1.gif] Binary beat division The binary family is large as it includes: o Division by two o Division by four o Part of division by six o Division by eight This section is concerned with the simple division by two. Any binary beat has two alternating parts: the downbeat and the upbeat. Binary beat [binarybeat1.gif] As you can see, there are only two places in a beat where events or notes can be positioned or played: o The downbeat o The upbeat How rhythmic possibilities work This means that for any given beat you can have any of the four following possibilities: 1 o Only one event on the downbeat. 2 o Events on both the downbeat and the upbeat. 3 o No event at all. 4 o Only one event on the upbeat. [possibilitiesbytwosimple1.gif] The rhythmic figure used to represent a binary beat is called: TWO EIGHTH NOTES [masterfigurebinary1.gif] Binary master rhythmic figure Simple binary rhythmic figures 4 possibilities: o 2 Primary o 2 Secondary [possibilitiesbytwo1.gif] Secondary rhythmic figures lack the event that falls on the beat. There is a secondary figure for each primary one. Because the beat is so important, secondary figures have appeared after the primary ones had been well established. The absence of event falling on the beat can be due to a silence or a sound that is held over from the preceding beat. Because of this, there are two ways to notate secondary figures: o With a rest o With a tie [primarysecondary1.gif] Primary and secondary rhythmic figures Choose among the following exercises: Binary exercises PRIMARY [16]Rhythm exercise 2-1 Featured figure [17][twoeighthnotes2.gif] [18]Rhythm exercise 2-2 Featured figures [19][twoeighthnotes2.gif] [20] [quarternoterest2.gif] SECONDARY [21]Rhythm exercise 2-3 Featured figure [22][dottedquarternoteeighth2.gif] [23]Rhythm exercise 2-4 Featured figure [24][eighthnotesyncopationa2.gif] [25]Rhythm exercise 2-5 Featured figure [26][twoeighttieonequarter2.gif] MULTIPLE SYNCOPATIONS [27]Rhythm exercise 2-6 Featured figure [28][doublesyncopationa2.gif] Ternary beat division The ternary family is small as it includes: o Division by three o Part of division by six Everything goes in thirds in ternary music. Any ternary beat has one downbeat and two upbeats. Ternary beat [ternarybeat1.gif] The rhythmic figure used to represent a ternary beat is called: THREE EIGHTH NOTES [masterfigureternary1.gif] Ternary master rhythmic figure Writing ternary rhythm In ternary music writing, each eighth note is worth one third of a beat. Since two eighth notes always equal one quarter note, these now equal two thirds of a beat. It takes a dotted quarter note to represent one beat. [ternarywriting1.gif] Ternary rhythmic figures 8 possibilities: o 4 Primary o 4 Secondary [possibilitiesbythree1.gif] Choose among the following exercises: Ternary exercises PRIMARY [29]Rhythm exercise 3-1 Featured figure [30][threeeighth2.gif] [31]Rhythm exercise 3-2 Featured figure [32][onequarteroneeighth2.gif] [33]Rhythm exercise 3-3 Featured figure [34][oneeighthonequarter2.gif] SECONDARY [35]Rhythm exercise 3-1s Featured figure [36][8threst2eighth2.gif] OR [37] [tie3eighth2.gif] [38]Rhythm exercise 3-2s Featured figure [39][quarternoterestoneeighth2.gif] OR [40] [tiequarternote1eighth.gif] [41]Rhythm exercise 3-3s Featured figure [42][8threst1quarternote2.gif] OR [43] [tie1eighth1quarter2.gif] Division by four Beats divided by four are part of the binary family. Everything goes in quarters in this feel. Beat divided by four [binarybeat2.gif] The rhythmic figure used to represent a beat divided by four is called: FOUR SIXTEENTH NOTES [masterfigurebyfour1.gif] Division by four master rhythmic figure Binary rhythmic figures 16 possibilities: o 8 Primary o 8 Secondary [possibilitiesbyfour1.gif] Choose among the following exercises: Division by four exercises PRIMARY [44]Rhythm exercise 4-1 Featured figure [45][foursixteenth2.gif] [46]Rhythm exercise 4-2 Featured figure [47][oneeighthtwosixteenth2.gif] [48]Rhythm exercise 4-3 Featured figure [49][twosixteenthoneeighth2.gif] [50]Rhythm exercise 4-4 Featured figure [51][dottedeighthonesixteenth2.gif] [52]Rhythm exercise 4-5 Featured figure [53][onesixteenthdottedeighth2.gif] [54]Rhythm exercise 4-6 Featured figure [55][16th8th16th2.gif] SECONDARY [56]Rhythm exercise 4-1s Featured figure [57][16threst3sixteenth2.gif] OR [58] [tiefoursixteenth2.gif] [59]Rhythm exercise 4-2s Featured figure [60][8threst2sixteenth2.gif] OR [61] [tie1eighth2sixteenth2.gif] [62]Rhythm exercise 4-3s Featured figure [63][16threst1sixteenth1eighth2.gif] OR [64] [tie2sixteenth1eighth2.gif] [65]Rhythm exercise 4-4s Featured figure [66][dotted8threst1sixteenth2.gif] OR [67] [tiedottereight1sixteenth2.gif] [68]Rhythm exercise 4-5s Featured figure [69][16threstdotted8th.gif] OR [70] [tie16thdotted8th2.gif] [71]Rhythm exercise 4-6s Featured figure [72][16threst1eighth1sixteenth2.gif] OR [73] [tieone16thone8thone16th2.gif] [74]Bugs, problems and comments [75]Daniel Laberge music Références Liens visibles 1. http://www.daniellaberge.net/index.htm 2. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-1.html 3. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-1.html 4. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-1.html 5. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-1.html 6. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-1.html 7. http://www.daniellaberge.net/music/rhythm/exercises/1-2.html 8. 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