Author Archives: dhirlinger

Rhythm Sight Reading / Play-Along (mostly odd meter)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by dhirlinger

If you own this book or pick-up a copy from Steve Weiss Music (an independent music store) you will find these mp3′s fun and useful. Each mp3, marked with a number and tempo, is meant to be looped on your … Continue reading →

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Co-op: A unique interdisciplinary experience for students…

Posted on February 27, 2012 by dhirlinger

what co-op is… This unique interdisciplinary experience informs students in music, digital audio technologies and production, digital distribution of music, web design, marketing, and blogging. Students rehearse, sculpt, and prepare a musical piece or collection of pieces for recording. They … Continue reading →

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RHYTHM BLOG :: Video: The Basics + 2 over 3

Posted on December 16, 2011 by dhirlinger

The following video was added to a previous RHYTHM BLOG post…

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Giant Steps (with a twist) play-along

Posted on October 11, 2011 by dhirlinger

I won’t post the pdf for awhile so this can also be a challenge for some to figure out what’s going on rhythmically.

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UPDATE: Basic Polyrhythms/Rhythmic Ratios

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dhirlinger

The Basics: 2′s & 3′s When approaching the subject of rhythm I am going to use two building blocks – a short sound and a long sound. Each sound is made of small beats called subdivisions which are of equal … Continue reading →

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LINK: Two Websites…

Posted on August 20, 2011 by dhirlinger

http:// So, I’ve been coming across a lot of great resources lately and at this moment they are way deeper then anything I have to share. I’ll hopefully be posting more etudes and sight-reading in the near future.

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LINK: Sounds, Films, and Documents by Anthropologist & Ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias

Posted on July 31, 2011 by dhirlinger

First, Robert Garfias’ Wikipedia Biography:

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LINK: Thomas DeLio’s Analysis of Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces #3 for Piano

Posted on July 22, 2011 by dhirlinger
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ETUDES: Trombone Etude with Ben Gerstein’s Comments and Performance

Posted on June 28, 2011 by dhirlinger

This is the first post for the newly added Etudes category. In this category, as in the others, I’ll be sharing bits of my learning process and learning materials for your consumption. I’ll be posting short etudes or excerpts and … Continue reading →

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RHYTHM BLOG: Triplet Quarter Notes In Odd Meter

Posted on June 4, 2011 by dhirlinger

The goal here is to play quarter note triplets… …over this odd meter ostinado in 7/8 + 4/4 which I originally played on bass drum.

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