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Our Rhythm Basics series continues with a new video that goes over how to play, read, and understand a very important rhythm: Triplets!
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In this fourth installment of the series, Nathan breaks down how to count triplets,...

Understanding and interpreting your piano music allows you to bring your own unique flair and personality to a piece. Here we investigate this famous Arabesque written by Debussy during his early career and explore the hints of the...

Triplets are explained, sextuplets are related to them, then how to play 2’s against 3’s. The “3 for the price of 2” is defined with examples given of triplets using different rhythmic units, as well as examples of triplets using fewer...

How to develop a melodic idea and write more interesting music. You may have some good melodic ideas but you’re not sure how to develop them or you may be preparing for a music theory exam in which you need to extend a given opening into...

We look at the different types of sixteenth note and triplet rhythms in music and how to count them.

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One of the most confusing rhythms in music can be polyrhythms, but they don't have to be confusing. Today we break down what a polyrhythm is and how to make one. We also listen to two different example of polyrhythm using eighth notes,...