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A triplet figure is assumed to have a 2:3 ratio of metric duration to notated duration under the triplet. Remember that you can derive many of these rhythmic rules yourself by examining real music. A …

This style of rhythm is right out of jazz music, and the matching notation is rarely explicit about the triplet subdivision that is implied in swing rhythms. …

In all styles of music, you want to do two things when counting off an anacrusis: Keep the pickup rhythm in the context of the meter Cue Really, this applies to all countoffs, not just those with anacruses …

6 | V ^ ^ v ^ ^ | 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 6/8 compound time can be thought of as duple meter consisting of two beats to the measure, where the dotted quarter note gets the beat. 6/8 is just a notational si …

notation: http://blog.didgeridoobreath.com/info-education/didgeridoo-notation-sheet-music/ In light of that, I think you might want to try using a line of "lyrics" underneath your traditional staff or rhythm …

Like I said, personally I would opt instead for something like what Beethoven does on the second-to-last page of the Moonlight Sonata), but in spite of the voice-rhythm inconsistency, the notion of tying …

When reading music in a non-jazz (or more "classical") context, you will see triplet notation when the composer wants a swing rhythm to be played by non-jazz-trained players. …

If there's a lot of electronics going on that the drummer needs to always be in time with, then a click track on an earpiece is really the only option. This is pretty standard for professionals to use …

However, in this case I'd just call it a rhythm, closely related to a 2+3 clave, making use of dotted-eighth-note syncopation. …

It sounds like your student is at the point where you'll need to work on the absolute basics of rhythm. … You've got to use this to "bootstrap", essentially, his musical rhythm. …

Since punk music uses that 8th note rhythm pattern at a very fast tempo, when you are lining up with the snare, you are phasing yourself by an 8th note. … You can do this in many ways--I might improvise over chord changes, or alter the rhythm of a standard tune, or just play scales. …

There are a few different levels here. One of the things you can practice are "Grooves", for example, those included with the Vic Firth Groove Essentials packages. That will give you some starting pla …

I can't recall a time I've seen the opposite in print (not to say I haven't forgotten), but what I prefer to read (and what I would write myself) would be old on the left, new on the right for the fol …

Well, the tiny hairlike structures in your cochlea transmit impulses through the vestibocochlear cranial nerve to your cerebral cortex, then some stuff happens that we don't fully understand yet, but …

As Zajn mentioned, Vic Firth does have an extensive education resource section. The 40 essential snare drum rudiments are probably less applicable here, but you can find 12 "Essential Grooves" plus si …