I'm attempting to play a piece of music, but there is this certain part that I find myself unable to figure out how to play..
The tempo of the piece is 132 in cut time and it's to be played 'presto agitato'. The notes are not much of a problem, but the rhythm is. The part I am experiencing difficulty with is a dotted eighth note tied to two thirty-secondth notes.
Could someone please help me by somehow providing a link (as well as the music) to any song that happens to have that rhythm or teach me the rhythm through any other methods?
I will try to explain how to figure out a complex rhythm. I majored in percussion in college and I had a fantastic instructor.
First take the music and slow it way down.
Write out how you would count the rhythm below the notes.
Get out the metronome and make it painfully slow and count out loud the whole measure emphasizing the beat when you actually play.
Then try singing the measure.
I don't have anyway of drawing a staff so you need to imagine this counting system taking place on one beat.
1 whole note= 1 /or one
2 eighth notes= 1 an /or milkshake
3 eighth notes is a tripolet= 1 o let /or tripolet
4 sixteenth notes = 1 de an da /or mississipppi
5 sixteenth notes = 1 te de an da / or hippopotamus
6 sixteenth notes = 1 o let an o let /0r onomatopoeia
7 sixteenth notes = 1 te de de an ta da / or barbaque potatochip
8 thritysecond notes= 1 de and a and de and a / or supercalafrangalistic
9 thirtysecond notes= 1 te de an ta da an ta da / or antiestablishmentarian
I hope that this can help you. It is the only why I can explain it. I don't have a program to write the music out to show it to you.
I will try to explain how to figure out a complex rhythm. I majored in percussion in college and I had a fantastic instructor.
First take the music and slow it way down.
Write out how you would count the rhythm below the notes.
Get out the metronome and make it painfully slow and count out loud the whole measure emphasizing the beat when you actually play.
Then try singing the measure.
I don't have anyway of drawing a staff so you need to imagine this counting system taking place on one beat.
1 whole note= 1 /or one
2 eighth notes= 1 an /or milkshake
3 eighth notes is a tripolet= 1 o let /or tripolet
4 sixteenth notes = 1 de an da /or mississipppi
5 sixteenth notes = 1 te de an da / or hippopotamus
6 sixteenth notes = 1 o let an o let /0r onomatopoeia
7 sixteenth notes = 1 te de de an ta da / or barbaque potatochip
8 thritysecond notes= 1 de and a and de and a / or supercalafrangalistic
9 thirtysecond notes= 1 te de an ta da an ta da / or antiestablishmentarian
I hope that this can help you. It is the only why I can explain it. I don't have a program to write the music out to show it to you.
Good luck
I forgot to add. Since the smallest unit you are using is the thirty second note. Write to whole measure out with the thirtysecond note counting system and put empahsis on the beat you play. Eventually you will only say the beat you play. Then try and play the measure.
