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Introduction to Volume I
Chapter 1 ~ MusicalPhrasing
Chapter 2 ~ 4-WayCoordination
Chapter 3 ~ SelectedRudimental Variations
Chapter 4 ~ AbstractTimetable Studies
Chapter 5 ~ BasicPolyrhythms & Hemiola
Chapter 6 ~ ContemporaryBackbeat Grooves
Chapter 7 ~ ModernJazz Grooves
Chapter 8 ~ SoloingApplications
Introduction to Volume II
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WELCOME TO THE FREE AUDIO & VIDEO COMPANIONThe FREE audio, video, and printable resources presented here serve as a means to hear and see the concepts presented in Mastering the Tables of Time, Volume I. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the downloadable files in PDF format. If you don't have the software, you can download the Acrobat Reader free from Adobe. Chapter by Chapter
Each chapter begins with a bit of perspective on the topic of study. Recognizing what the function of any given subject is helps to understand why it is important. Click on the menu to the left to hear and see audio and video demonstrations of each chapter's topic of study, including FREE downloadable Web Exclusive supplemental study pages!
Proceed to Chapter 4 of the Audio & Video Companion to Downloadable Click Tracks Part One
In practice, each section of any timetable should be played repeatedly, until it is comfortable in time, feel, and dynamic balance, before going on to the next section. Use a metronome for reference, to be sure you're locked in 100%. Next play the same things again without one, to help internalize the feeling. Record yourself and study the playbacks objectively, focusing on your time and feel. In performance, keep in mind that the more "dense" subdivisions (like 16ths and 32nds) work best at slower tempos. The more spacious note values (half, quarter and 8th notes) are easier to play at faster tempos. This practical knowledge is useful for applying any examples in the book to musical phrasing at any tempo. If you do not have access to a metronome, a variety of click tracks are provided below for accompaniment when practicing the timetables. The click tracks ultilized here are purposely simple, with no variance of pitch or voice, so that they will work for any timetable in any time signature presented in the book. The first series of click track examples focus on Largo to Adagio (slow) Tempi (from 40-60 bpm), to build a strong foundation for all subdivisions presented. Each example is roughly five minutes in length. Click on a tempo to hear it. The second series of click track examples focus on Andante through Moderato to Allegretto (moderately slow to moderately fast) Tempi (from 72-120 bpm), and are examples of some common performance tempos.
It is also recommended you check out the Web site Metronome Online, for a free, handy, and wide-ranging tempo resourse. All content presented © 2008 David Stanoch/Rhythmelodic.
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WATCH Improve Your Groove, Part 1 - a FREE video demonstration introducing an overview that illustrates musical timekeeping concepts, better heard than read, for real time implementation of the studies in the book.
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