Fundamentals of Rhythm Audio Contents
Lesson 4 Introduction

Listen, Clap and Count, and Play along with RhythmBot for these practice patterns. Select a link to hear the corresponding pattern in the book The Fundamentals of Rhythm, by Kyle Coughlin.

You will hear two full measures of a metronome play before each pattern begins. There is a high sounding click on beat one of each measure with a lower click on the remaining beats. Also, since these patterns subdivide the beat, for some of them you will hear a drumstick click on the second half of each beat. Those patterns are marked below with the words “subdivided metronome clicks.” MetronomeBot will count and subdivide the beat for some of the patterns, as listed below. RhythmBot is playing these patterns on an electric piano and a synthesizer.

Practice tips:
To feel the beat better, lightly tap your foot on every beat.
Always count the beats and the subdivisions of each beat while clapping.
When playing these examples on your instrument, make sure to play each long note for its full value. Count the rests carefully, too. These patterns are more difficult than the ones from the last lesson. Concentrate and repeat these patterns at a comfortable tempo until they become effortless and accurate.

Lesson 4 Introduction: Explanations of eighth notes and eighth rests.

Rhythm Pattern 401, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert F
Rhythm Pattern 402, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert G
Rhythm Pattern 403, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert C
Rhythm Pattern 403, quarter note - 60, with no subdivision, on Concert C
Rhythm Pattern 403, quarter note = 72, with no subdivision on Concert C
In the first example of pattern 403, the beat is subdivided, with MetronomeBot counting. In the second example of 403, MetronomeBot drops out and the metronome is playing a quarter note beat instead of a subdivided beat. The patterns in the first two examples will sound exactly the same; only the metronome clicks will be different. In the third example, the metronome plays a quarter note beat and the tempo is slightly faster.

Rhythm Pattern 404, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert D
When clapping patterns with rests, remember to bring your hands apart at the beginning of each rest.
Rhythm Pattern 405, subdivided metronome clicks, quarter note = 72, on Concert B flat
Notice the difference in the length of the quarter notes and the length of the eighth notes followed by rests. Although every note in the pattern begins on a beat, the eighth notes should end right at the second half of each beat.

Rhythm Pattern 406, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert A
Rhythm Pattern 407, subdivided metronome clicks, quarter note = 60, on Concert D
Rhythm Pattern 408, subdivided metronome clicks, quarter note = 80, on Concert B flat
Rhythm Pattern 408, quarter note = 80, (not subdivided) on Concert B flat
These two examples of pattern 408 are played at the exact same tempo. The metronome subdivision is the only thing that is different between these two examples.

Rhythm Pattern 409, quarter note = 80, on Concert G
Rhythm Pattern 410, quarter note = 88, on Concert E flat
Rhythm Pattern 411, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert G
Rhythm Pattern 412, quarter note = 88, on Concert A
Rhythm Pattern 413, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert C
Rhythm Pattern 413, quarter note = 60 (not subdivided), on Concert C
The two examples for Pattern 413 are at the same tempo (quarter note = 60), but the first example subdivides the beat and has MetronomeBot counting. In the second example, the metronome is clicking a quarter note beat. Since there are eighth notes in this example, you should still count the “ands” on the second half of each beat.

Rhythm Pattern 414, quarter note = 72, on Concert D
Rhythm Pattern 415, quarter note = 80, on Concert B flat
Rhythm Pattern 416, quarter note = 88, on Concert G
Rhythm Pattern 416, quarter note = 88, with a melody in the key of G
Rhythm Pattern 417, quarter note = 88, on Concert F
Rhythm Pattern 418, quarter note = 100, on Concert A
Rhythm Pattern 419, subdivided metronome clicks, with MetronomeBot counting, quarter note = 60, on Concert E
Rhythm Pattern 420, quarter note = 72, on Concert C