Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms: Private Lessons Series

By Gary Hess

Book Overview

(Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more! "Provides a Britannica-like benefit to players whose reading skills are underdeveloped or in need of a good polishing." Rich Watson, Modern Drummer magazine

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002A7O5ZC
• ISBN13: 9780793573790
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Musicians Institute
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Encyclopedia of reading rhythms

Very methodical. Essential for anyone who wants to become a good sight reader.

Great Teaching Tool

This book will provide a music teacher with a tremendous amount of examples for the student to work through. Although it explains how to read rhythms, I would not recommend it for someone who knows nothing about reading rhythmic notation. Rather, the working through of this book should be supervised by a music teacher who has extensive experience reading music. I use it with almost all my guitar students and they develop a tremendously precocious understanding of rhythm which helps them learn everything else at a much faster pace than the average student.

Great Teaching Tool

I like this book because the excercises are progressive and well thought out. It allows the student to move at his own pace. It also includes a practice record so you can track time spent. The exercises range from very simple in the begining to complex near the end. It is also practical since the rhythms are the kind that are consistently used in music being played today. I highly reccomend this book.

excellent!

This book will help you get it together