Rhythm & Listening Skills

In previous courses you’ve learned how to listen for melody and harmony. Now it’s time to zoom out and discover how to hear rhythm! This course, with its challenging listening exercises, teaches you how to hear music’s powerful pulse. Educate your ears with Gregg Fine!

App Features:
• 104 minutes of video training
• Super clear explanations
• Offline Playback (no internet connection needed)
• Easy to navigate

Course Outline:
1. Introduction (01:47)
2. Duple Subdivision (06:35)
3. Exercise: Duple Subdivisions (02:50)
4. Triplet Subdivision (04:47)
5. Exercise: Triplet Subdivisions (03:35)
6. Exercise: Mixing Subdivisions (03:59)
7. Note Duration & Dotted Notes (02:45)
8. Exercise: Determining the Duration (03:14)
9. Meter (Time Signature) (04:41)
10. Exercise: Identifying Meter (03:08)
11. Strategy for Finding a Tempo (01:58)
12. Exercise: Guess the BPM (03:02)
13. Swing Factor (04:24)
14. Exercise: Hearing Swing (02:44)
15. Phrase Length (02:47)
16. Exercise: Hearing Phrase Length (03:33)
17. Accents & Phrasing (03:26)
18. Exercise: Accents (02:52)
19. Exercise: Accents on Upbeats (02:53)
20. Feeling Time (02:39)
21. Exercise: Ahead, Center or Behind 1 (03:00)
22. Exercise: Ahead, Center or Behind 2 (03:01)
23. Harmonic Rhythm (02:47)
24. Exercise: Harmonic Rhythm (03:20)
25. Active vs. Passive Listening (02:25)
26. Song 1: Descriptive Words & BPM (02:46)
27. Song 1: Progressions & Harmonic Rhythm (03:26)
28. Song 1: Rhythm & Arrangement (04:03)
29. Song 2: Descriptive Words & BPM (01:49)
30. Song 2: Progressions & Harmonic Rhythm (04:00)
31. Song 2: Motifs, Intervals, & Phrasing (03:29)
32. Final Thoughts (01:23)