6 MODULES
35 LESSONS
2nd YEAR
Course description
In the third part of the course you will overcome the main difficulties you may have in reading modern sheet music. You will learn to read simple and compound times, cut tempos, irregular groups and syncopation. All the exercises are taken from authentic jazz, Latin, rock, blues and other genres, to get you used to all types of music.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Shifting of accents: the syncope
In this module we deal with a rhythmically complex figure: the syncope with eighth notes. In parts one and two of the jazz solfeggio course, you should have learned to read the notes on the staff with ease. The third part therefore focuses more on rhythmic aspects.
Lesson 46
Syncope and swing pronunciation
Lesson 47
Shifting of the rhythmic accent
Lesson 48
Other musical styles: bossanova
Lesson 49
Other musical styles: light rock
Lesson 50
accented upbeat notes
Lesson 51
Polyrhythms
Lesson 52
Combination of syncope and triplet
Lesson 53
Syncope and eighth note triplet
Quarter-note triplets in two movements
In this module we deal with a particular type of irregular group: the quarter-note triplet in two movements. This figure is recurrent in the repertoire of jazz standards, especially in ballads.
Lesson 54
Quarter note triplet in two movements
Lesson 55
Quarter note triplet in two movements
Lesson 56
Quarter note triples in two movements, with tie
The sixteenth note
In this module you learn how to read the sixteenth figure. The exercises deal systematically with all possible combinations of the sixteenths with the other values studied so far.
Lesson 57
Quartine di semicrome
Lesson 58
Suddivisione del movimento: una croma + 2 semicrome
Lesson 59
Sixteenth notes quadruplet with tie
Lesson 60
How to use your hand in solfeggio gesture, to read sixteenth notes
Lesson 61
The sixteenth rest
Lesson 62
The double dot
Lesson 63
Expression marks: ritenuto or ritardando
Lesson 64
Sixteenth notes in bossanova style
Simple and compound times
In this module you will learn the difference between simple and compound times. You will read several examples of compound times. As usual the exercises are taken from authentic pieces in different musical styles.
Lesson 65
Introduction to compound times: 6/8 time
Lesson 66
Downbeat and upbeat in compound times
Lesson 67
Beaming of notes in compound time
Lesson 68
Dotted eight note in compound time
Lesson 69
Dotted eight note in compound time
Lesson 70
12/8 time in modern music: gospel, blues, ballads
Lesson 71
Tie and anticipation of the pulse
Lesson 72
12/8 time: the blues style
2/4 time
In this module you will learn to read some songs in the binary time of 2/4. The exercises are quite long and contain complex phrases.
Lesson 73
Leger line notes, notes above the staff
Lesson 74
2/4 time and eighth note triplet
Lesson 75
The sixteenth-eight-sixteenth syncope
Lesson 76
Syncope and tie in two measure
Cut time
The cut time is a binary time written as a 4/4. It is normally used in songs with a very fast tempo and in particular styles such as samba, bossa nova and ragtime.
Lesson 77
Cut time and leger line notes, below the staff
Lesson 78
Fast tempo, notes below and above the staff
Lesson 79
The backbeat
Lesson 80
Syncope and cut time