Transitioning Between Tempos and Rhythms

Explore world rhythms through a drum jam using various instruments from around the world, and practice keeping tempo across seven rhythms.

Improvise with 60 bpm metronome in four-four time, exploring in-between rhythms while playing along to The Lion Sleeps Tonight and The Addams Family theme on various instruments.

Practice improvising with a 90 bpm metronome, blending metronomic rhythm with transitional grooves for reggae. Apply this to bongo, guitar, and ukulele using No Woman, No Cry as reference.

Improvise with a metronomic beat at 120 bpm, playing along to two songs with guitar, ukulele, and bongo, building on the beat for creative improvisations.

Practice copycat percussion patterns that switch from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-4-6, using drum pads or sticks in a call-and-response style.

Explore four over four time, the four beats on the floor, counted one two three four, the popular rhythm in pop music on the radio, unlike some classical time signatures.

Learn to groove in 3/4 time, feel waltz and swing rhythms, and practice counting patterns 1-2-3 and 1-2-3-4, including one-hand and alternating approaches.

Practice time signatures with a clap-and-say method for seven-eight time, using the acronym that spells out 'oh my gosh, that's lol'.

Explore six time signatures through playful vocalizations and clapping, using food words and acronyms to internalize tempo transitions from 4/4 to 7/8 in a fun, confidence-building approach.

Learn to transition smoothly between quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and thirty-second notes, coordinate with a metronome and others, and strengthen rhythm skills across tempos.