Rhythm Vocab cards are one of the most used resources in my studio. This exercise is just one of many ways we put these cards into action.
Swapping rhythm and beat helps students not only understand the words but also gives them the opportunity the be the beat and focuses their attention on how it needs to stay the same throughout.
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That was fun to see. Thanks for sharing a good (fun) way to instill the difference between rhythm and beat.
You’re welcome Anna, happy you enjoyed it!
I love this idea. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Nicola,
Firstly a big thank you for all the ideas you share. I’ve just bought your book Rhythm in 5 and I am not sure how to use/say tum or tim for dotted crotchet and dotted quaver. Do you need to say t, u, m to sound out the three beats it represents? If you could do a quick video that shows you playing eg Swap Swap or switch doing tim ka against titi titi that would be really helpful.
Thanks
Hi Jill, glad you’re enjoying the book. Tum is not pronounced in any special way, the “m” just takes the extra dot time as Ms are quite slow to pronounce. If it doesn’t suit, a good alternative is “ta-i” or “ti-i”.
Great, that’s really helped, thanks!