I'm interested to get better at rhythms, so I want suggestions of how to further push learning in this area apart from doing Rhythmania and Rhythmic Parrot exercises? I need some exercises that will be a bridge between these exercises in ToneGym and being able to detect rhythms, read rhythms in a real song. I'm perplexed at the complexity level Rhythmania got: I get 7/8, 7/4 time signatures, however I'm not any good at rhythms.
Are there apps that do it?
I found 2 amazing apps that do good in realm of Solfeggio: Ella, Chet. I actually found them by searching in ToneGym forum, however there are not much discussion about rhythms.
It's in French but there's literally not a single word inside, just rythms. (maybe you can find a pdf?) I try to focus on a different page each week (going linearly) and master it completely before going to more difficult stuff
My comfortable shell of playing rhythm by feel or ear has recently been shaken. I play relatively advanced music on quite a few instruments, and got along by listening to/playing along with a version of the song if the rhythm was not too difficult. (I could do basic rhythms with quarter, eights, and 16th notes if they did not have very many long rests.) Then I realized that some songs do not exist on the internet and if I wanted to learn to play them by myself... I had some work to do.
Later beginners like myself (started music at 10) generally struggle with rhythm, seeing it as the primary, with rhythm as a thing to do after learning the melody, and if it was not perfect, who cares? Unfortunately this is not the case. Basically every accomplished musician I talk to says that the rhythm is your first priority(especially when sight reading), and really now that I think about it that is so true, if you hear a song with 60% right rhythm and 90% notes it is a lot harder to recognize than 90% rhythm and 60% notes.
Especially when you are sight reading, if you are playing all the right notes but most of them not at the right times, than you are essentially playing mostly wrong notes .
SUMMARY: Yea so now I realized that rhythm is primary, and melody is second, and have started trying to learn most of my songs (especially ones with more difficult rhythms like Mozart or other classical composers) entirely by counting out and playing with a metronome. Hopefully at some point rhythm is easier, but I realize now that I have to work to get there.
Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to connect MIDI to games like Notationist? I've allowed MIDI input in Chrome but am still not getting an input in the game
Unless your MIDI device is from 1961, I'd say it should be working fine inside Chrome and ToneGym... I would open a ticket at Help Center (mic icon at the upper menu) and ask the devs for instructions or info about the compatibility of your device. It's in Notationist, in fact, where a keyboard is most helpful, and by extension in the whole Sight-Reading Practice and Competition area!
Wow! I'm blown away by your capacity to channel your passion into creating and producing music. I so appreciated learning about your amazing musical & life journey. And I did not know about Au5 and the other bands you mentioned. Loved Paradise! Thought I heard some Poker Face in there.
Wow! I love the fact that you are so intuitive and that you are guided by that - pretty amazing! I had not heard of Au5 before. I will look for more by them. Thank you for sharing your musical journey with us. you have an amazing future ahead of you. Will be hoping to hear more in the future !
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