Rhythm Exercises

These are rhythm exercises based on the Kodaly method and are designed for beginners.

Click on the topics to go to the YouTube tutorials, where I demonstrate how to use them.

How to use these exercises?

1) Watch the videos.

2) Download the free PDFs.

3) Try to count the rhythms yourself, ideally with a metronome.

4) Start at a slower tempo, like 100 bpm, and slowly work your way up as you get comfortable with the counting.

5) Apply these rhythms in the pieces that you learn.

Part 1 deals with whole half and quarter notes (semibreves, minims, crotchets)

Part 2 deals with eighth notes, syncopation, dotted quarter notes (dotted crotchets)

Part 3 deals with sixteenth notes (semiquavers) and triplets.

Rhythm Exercise Part 1