Showing posts with label rhythm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhythm. Show all posts
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Fluteachniques™: "Up for the Count": New Use for Your Instrument Peg
Greetings,
I hope you find this useful, or, at least, amusing!
Best always,
Catherine
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Websites and Apps for Improving Sight Reading
Greetings,
Here are some websites and apps to improve your sight reading and rhythm. Get busy and get better!
Catherine
1.http://sightreadingfactory.com
Generate sight reading materials in any key for any instrument in various meters and levels of difficulty. You can print out the excerpts, also. Free trial account.
2.
http://www.practicesightreading.com
Listen back to randomly generated rhythms in chosen time signatures (duple, triple, or complex meters) in 5 levels of difficulty. Measure your improvement!
3.
4.http://www.therhythmtrainer.com/
Begins with the most simple rhythms and progresses to more difficult ones as you answer correctly.
5.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer by Rolfs Apps
For iphone and ipad. Focuses on reading and playing rhythms correctly. Suitable for all instruments, and it's fun!
Here are some websites and apps to improve your sight reading and rhythm. Get busy and get better!
Catherine
1.http://sightreadingfactory.com
Generate sight reading materials in any key for any instrument in various meters and levels of difficulty. You can print out the excerpts, also. Free trial account.
2.
Listen back to randomly generated rhythms in chosen time signatures (duple, triple, or complex meters) in 5 levels of difficulty. Measure your improvement!
3.
4.http://www.therhythmtrainer.com/
Begins with the most simple rhythms and progresses to more difficult ones as you answer correctly.
5.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer by Rolfs Apps
For iphone and ipad. Focuses on reading and playing rhythms correctly. Suitable for all instruments, and it's fun!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Daphnis and Chloe Beatbox
Greetings,
Yesterday in my studio masterclass, I shared beatbox basics with my students in our warmup.
Later in the class, we were inspired to accompany as a beatbox ensemble for each student to perform the Daphnis solo (It sounded better than my feeble rendition of the piano reduction of the orchestral score from Kyril Magg's Accompanied Orchestral Studies, Volume 7, LEAF Productions.)
I'll show you what I mean in Standard Beatbox Notation or SBN--yes, there is such a thing! See this great article with complete explanations and mp3's of the sounds:
http://www.humanbeatbox.com/tips/p2_articleid/231
[b t _ t] [b t _ t]
What fun, AND how practical that each had a chance to be both accompaniment and soloist.
Also, after beatboxing the accompaniment, their high notes were even clearer, unrestricted, and more beautiful. How cool is that?!
But I couldn't quite wrap my brain around the idea yet of playing that solo while beatboxing...
hmmm...
Off to try it out.
Catherine
Yesterday in my studio masterclass, I shared beatbox basics with my students in our warmup.
Later in the class, we were inspired to accompany as a beatbox ensemble for each student to perform the Daphnis solo (It sounded better than my feeble rendition of the piano reduction of the orchestral score from Kyril Magg's Accompanied Orchestral Studies, Volume 7, LEAF Productions.)
I'll show you what I mean in Standard Beatbox Notation or SBN--yes, there is such a thing! See this great article with complete explanations and mp3's of the sounds:
http://www.humanbeatbox.com/tips/p2_articleid/231
[b t _ t] [b t _ t]
What fun, AND how practical that each had a chance to be both accompaniment and soloist.
Also, after beatboxing the accompaniment, their high notes were even clearer, unrestricted, and more beautiful. How cool is that?!
But I couldn't quite wrap my brain around the idea yet of playing that solo while beatboxing...
hmmm...
Off to try it out.
Catherine
Flutistic Advantages of Beatboxing
Hello,
Since my return from the NFA Convention, I have been including a bit of beatboxing in my daily practice routine, and I am beginning to include it in lessons and studio masterclasses because of the unexpected benefits I have experienced!
Thanks to Greg Patillo's informative class at the NFA convention and Susan Maclagan's copious notes from the class which she posted on the flute lists, at last I have a real plan to learn this skill and integrate it into my playing.
These are the unexpected benefits I have noticed so far:
More about beatboxing to come!
Best,
Catherine
Since my return from the NFA Convention, I have been including a bit of beatboxing in my daily practice routine, and I am beginning to include it in lessons and studio masterclasses because of the unexpected benefits I have experienced!
Thanks to Greg Patillo's informative class at the NFA convention and Susan Maclagan's copious notes from the class which she posted on the flute lists, at last I have a real plan to learn this skill and integrate it into my playing.
These are the unexpected benefits I have noticed so far:
Relaxed embouchure: it is impossible to over tighten lips when beatboxing.For those who want to learn about the history of beatboxing, check out these articles (There's even a picture of an original beatbox!)
Ingrained rhythmic pulse: try this with your students who have rhythmic changes. They learn to breathe in rhythm and to account for each subdivision of longer notes by assigning a syllable to each part of the beat.
It's really fun!
http://www.humanbeatbox.com/history/p2_articleid/27For more about Greg Patillo and to hear and see his playing visit Greg's Myspace.
http://www.humanbeatbox.com/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=28
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatboxing
More about beatboxing to come!
Best,
Catherine
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