This excellent textbook is directed to students and their teachers who want to further their mastery of rhythmic reading and notation. Through study of its principles, and through practice of the simple drills and exercises that occur throughout the book, readers can build the broad and fluent rhythmic vocabulary necessary for a good, basic understanding of music's essentials. Chapter by chapter, Peter Hampton Phillips, composer and educator, familiarizes the reader with the various signs, symbols, and units of rhythmic notation. For each area, he includes studies for playing and singing, and illuminating examples from nine centuries of music literature. The book includes a section on basic conducting technique and an appendix on sight-singing with drills that can enable singers and instrumentalists to "read ahead"; that is, to scan across the page, grasping new patterns as they appear. Other highly useful appendixes to this essential text demonstrate the principles of musical notation; illustrate a broad range of conducting patterns; list tempo markings in English, Italian, German, and French; and present typical problems and solutions of rhythmic notation.
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Practice the exercises in Chapter I by tapping the beat with the left hand while intoning the syllable ta (short a as in father) as indicated. The procedure for tapping beats is to cup the hand and tap a table or desk top with the tips of the fingers - only the fingers should move. Always use the left hand unless directed otherwise. The usual hand designations of L.H. and R.H. are employed throughout.
Conscientious tapping of beats is important, for it will aid you in learning (1) to maintain a steady tempo, and (2) to equate each of the different note values with the appropriate number of beats.
tapping and indications
To facilitate the student's grasp of the examples, vertical marks indicating beats have been included in the earlier sections of this book. These marks, called ictus marks, are soon omitted, and the tapping of beats is indicated solely by the instruction tap.
Departures from these procedures are not recommended except as indicated in the text.
A. Whole and Half Notes:
Repeat Ex.la, counting as before and tapping the beats with the left hand.
Note: In this chapter, for the purpose of introducing reading principles, the quarter note is taken as being equal to one beat. The principles of our notational system are discussed in Chapters IV and V.
In the following exercises, the whole note
is held for four counts (four beats) and the half note
is held for two counts.
Repeat Ex.le, reversing the hands: tap the beats with the right hand and the rhythm patter...
Table of contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Dover Edition
Part One: Basic Studies and Reading Technique
Part Two: Simple Time
Part Three: Compound Time Orlando Gibbons
Part Four: Combinations of Basic Beat and Metric Types
