PULSE REVELATION

Rhythm Reading Exercises

Rhythm reading exercises help musicians connect written notation with a steady pulse and accurate timing.

Start With Simple Rhythms

Begin with quarter notes and eighth notes before introducing more complicated subdivisions.

Practice Sixteenth Notes

Sixteenth-note exercises develop a more detailed sense of where notes can occur inside each beat.

Add Triplets and Syncopation

Once basic subdivisions feel comfortable, introduce triplets, rests, ties and syncopated rhythms.

16th-note exercises

Triplet exercises

Syncopation exercises