THEORY LESSON # 2

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                              Lesson 2 


Lesson notes  ..Special attention was given in  class to reading,ie.. Counting , playing rhythmic patterns in music 

          Some Music passages Look very Challenging to count / play. 





                                       TIPS:

Notes to remember  :. For better reading of mixed notes and rests,

1 . Try counting in eighth notes  or Sixteenth notes.

2.  Clap the rhythm first 

3.  Play or count eighth , sixteenth notes  throughout the song . example for a quarter note on B ...i would play two eighth notes or four sixteenth notes  to help me count if needed . Next i would play the song slowly  now that  iv'e gotten the timing right .

4 . Next i would pick up the tempo bit by bit till its happening.


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