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Practicing in Odd-Meters
Copyright: Jonas Ganzemuller YouTube Channel: FreeSaxophoneLessons
Examples in 5/4
Turn the metronome to 160 and set it to 5/4. Before you begin the exercises, just try to feel the 5/4 rhythm and tap your foot on 1 and 4.
5 &4
Exercise 1: Shifting Example 1: Tap your foot on 1 & 4 while shifting the note by an 8th-note each bar. The repeat signs are optional.
5 & 4
q = 160
& J
Example 2: Two-note phrase:
J
T
J
T
J
T
q = 160
5 &4 J
& J J J J J
J
T
J
T
J J
T
Exercise 2: Patterns & Other Exercises Play scale patterns in 5/4 that you have practiced before in 4/4 or 3/4.
4 &4 5 &4
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3 &4 5 &4
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Here is a 3/8 rhythm superimposed on the 5/4. After three bars you will land back on 1. The accents show where your foot needs to tap.
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Exercise 4: Polyrhythms
5 &4
Half notes:
5 &4
5 &4
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