Teaching advice

Counting out loud is very important, It addresses several areas.

1 It let's you know immediately if you played a wrong beat.

2 It let's you feel where the beat is you are playing.

3 Most importantly, the vibrations your voice creates let you feel the time inside your body. It vibrates the chest cavity, moving the concept of time from your head and hands into your heart.

Another thing I use is the McRhythms method.

Shake--1/4 note
French Fry-1/8th notes
Apple Pie-1e&
Hamburger-1 &a
Watermelon-1e&a
Chicken-1e
ketchup, more-1e a

Any other rhythms will be figured out, but these work wonders with kids who don't get 1e&a etc... I also eventually make them count 1e&a etc.. so they understand better.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 16, 2005 03:21 PM: Message edited by: FlamTriplet ]</font>

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Originally posted by FlamTriplet:
ketchup, more-1e a


<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ March 16, 2005 03:21 PM: Message edited by: FlamTriplet ]</font></font>

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I use mostly cartoon names, but I've been trying for ages to figure out a phrase that captures the rhythm of 1e_a . ketchup_ more ketchup _more
is pretty good. Might use that [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
If you can think of another one for me to use that may be more cartoon based that would be cool too.

..I guess Vinnie got 'em "Super-Sized"...

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Another thing I use is the McRhythms method.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">McLord help us!

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Heh, Flamtriplet, I just thought of a McRhythm you could use for this phrase: 1_+a 2e could be 'cheese_quarter pounder'

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Man,

I am soooo up on this 'counting out loud theory'. I have used it with great results with even the most "ungifted" students.

I implore you all to read a book by a guy called Fred Dinkins called "It's About Time". It's whole premise is using the fifth limb - the voice...

MP

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Originally posted by Groovemeister:
I implore you all to read a book by a guy called Fred Dinkins called "It's About Time". It's whole premise is using the fifth limb - the voice

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's another great book in this line of reasoning...Gary Chestar's New Breed.

Now, I realize that this is NOT a book for beginning or perhaps interm students, but it gives vindication to, & does follow [AWA culminates] the reasoning that GM posted. [img]cool.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Rudy_Ment:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by FlamTriplet:
ketchup, more-1e a


<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ March 16, 2005 03:21 PM: Message edited by: FlamTriplet ]</font></font>

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I use mostly cartoon names, but I've been trying for ages to figure out a phrase that captures the rhythm of 1e_a . ketchup_ more ketchup _more
is pretty good. Might use that [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
If you can think of another one for me to use that may be more cartoon based that would be cool too.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Squidward Tentacles is good for 5 tuplets, of course this phrase is all over Elementary Drum Method.

I personally use Philadelphia.

CocaCola CocaCola Mountain Dew Mountain Dew
Pepsi Pepsi Starbucks Mocha Frappachino....

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Originally posted by Groovemeister:
Man,

I am soooo up on this 'counting out loud theory'. I have used it with great results with even the most "ungifted" students.

MP

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You mean most students...

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Counting provides locations for events in a measure.

Some students seem to figure out some basic rhythms fine without counting, but even if they do, I still make sure they go back and count them.

I had an adult student tonight struggling with some patterns in a triplet drumset solo I wrote. Pretty simple stuff, but once he started counting, he went from once or twice through the measure he was repeating to 7 reps. Not earthshaking but often success is measured in inches, not miles.

Now if we could just get them to practice s-l-o-w-l-y!

Brad