CLAPPED OUT!
Loosen yourself up and develop your sense of rhythm by progressing through these exercises.
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a sense of pulse - the feel of clapping on beats 2 & 4 - the characteristic phrasing of accenting the ends of phrases - the freedom of playing on and off the beat - a sense of physical movement |
As you perform these exercises, either by yourself or - preferably - in a group (so you can interact with others) relax and enjoy yourself and clap with attitude.
Each exercise
is in a particular
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There are hundreds of grooves in all kinds of music, but in this section
we will use Swing, Rock, Funk and Latin.
Examples 1-8 are all in the form of a 12 bar blues, which is played twice in each exercise. You find out more about the form of the Blues later, so for the moment LISTEN and INTERACT with the music.
Click on each example to hear the music and see the instructions.
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SET
ONE:
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SET
TWO:
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