''Perfect Solfeggio'' Book 5

RHYTHM The rhythm exercises are divided into several sections. They begin with a simple pulse in quarter notes to learn steady rhythm. Then they are followed by splitting it in two, which allows students to develop a rhythmic sense, know the various symbols and tackle increasingly challenging groupings. To the quarter notes are added eighth notes, triplets (in one voice and two), sixteenth notes, groups of four sixteenth notes, etc. After wards, the time signatures come into play. Here, the two-voice exercises immediately follow those in one voice, using the same time signatures, the same symbols to maintain the same characteristics. Using the metronome is a must here. Still, a few accents are added to clarify the intent. The exercises are progressive and encompass all the characteristics and rhythmic symbols learned in the preceding parts. At the end, we have three-voice exercises of increasing difficulty. The initial exercises are very simple and gradually develop toward mastery of all the challengesa series of rhythmic exercises that are focused solely on the pulse in various time signatures. In contemporary music, the pulse changes in nearly every measure. The few exercises provided in this collection for study should be sufficient to provide a general idea of the challenges of shifting pulse and provide help for mastering this.