Why is it that knowing about the ins and outs of a song’s melody is something commonly overlooked? In my experience as a music coach I’ve come to realise that often it’s because there’s just no grasp of what it is. If that explains you, then check out this quick video where I explain what and how...

Here's another BEAT-SPLAINED, taking a look at a not-so-straight-forward song intro and show you what beat (or off beat) it starts on, and how to make sense of it.

This video shows you how to count the ‘Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey’ intro by The Beatles.

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A solid and confident count in can make or break the intro to any song.

If you’re unsure on what exactly you need to do in order to confidently count in a tune then allow me to demonstrate.

How To Count Off The Jazz Band (Piano and Voice with Brenda):
https://youtu.be/M_ccOZE8cZA

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Here's BEAT-SPLAINED, a series of videos where I take a look at a number of not so straight forward song intros and show you what beat (or off beat) they start on and how to make sense of them.

In this episode, I show you how to count the ‘Drive My Car’ intro by The Beatles.

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Using Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through the first 20 bars of Lesson 11's 40 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes), quavers (eighth notes) and crotchet...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 10's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes), quavers (eighth notes) and crotchets (...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 9's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes) and crotchets (quarter notes) 🎶

Rhythm Pl...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 8's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of dotted quavers (dotted eighth notes) semiquavers (sixteenth notes) and...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 7's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of quavers (eighth notes) and quaver triplets (eighth note triplets) 🎶

Rhy...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 6's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has quaver triplets (eighth note triplets) 👏

I hope it helps you out 😊 Rhythm Playlist ...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I demonstrate by playing Lesson 5's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise will include both dotted eighth notes (dotted quavers) AND sixteenth notes (semiq...

With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I demonstrate by playing Lesson 4's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise will include both quarter notes (crotchets) AND eighth notes (quavers) 👏

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