4-Way Time Function with Quarter & Eighth Notes in 4/4

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 27 min Category: Independence

Now we will mix up our time keeping pattern by using both quarter and eighth notes.

I -10b More Hand and Foot Quarter Note Unisons | Left Hand Lead

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 14 min Category: Independence

Here are more examples involving hand and foot unisons in 4/4 using quarter notes.

Reading: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Exercise

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 2 min Category: Reading

Joe Porcaro is in the PAS Hall of Fame and is a legendary Studio Musician playing on over 1000 movies and recordings. He wrote the curriculum and is a teacher at the Los Angeles College of Music.

2b – Quarter Note Unisons in 4/4 (Two hands, Hi-hat) | Left Hand Lead

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 23 min Category: Independence

Now we will get our non-dominant foot involved with time keeping.  We will play the full 4 beat pattern as well as just beats 2 and 4.

A “Killer” Lesson on Feel

Teacher: Peter Erskine Length: 8 min Category: Jazz, Secrets From the Pros, Time Keeping

Peter explains how something as simple as thinking about the subdivision differently can change the feel of an entire song.

4 – Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 16 min Category: Reading Music

Joe Porcaro is in the PAS Hall of Fame and is a legendary Studio Musician playing on over 1000 movies and recordings. He wrote the curriculum and is a teacher at the Los Angeles College of Music.

1b Two Hand Unisons Using Quarter Notes in 4/4 | Left Hand Lead

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 16 min Category: Independence

In this series of lessons we focus on the way coordination affects our time-keeping.  We will start with the hands working together with quarter notes.

Reading: Whole, Half, Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 10 min Category: Reading

This is a review lesson of everything you have learned so far. Put in the bar lines on page 1 and play the exercises on page 2, 3 and 4 starting slowly and eventually playing them at the suggested metronome marking of 82-100 or faster if you can. After you play each exercise twice, you should go down the entire page as if there were no repeat signs and you were playing one long piece of music. Another good exercise is to write your own exercises to play.

8 – Quarter and Eighth Note Unisons (Two Hands, Hi-Hat)

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 20 min Category: Independence

Now we switch feet to the hi-hat.

4 – Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 16 min Category: Reading

Joe Porcaro is in the PAS Hall of Fame and is a legendary Studio Musician playing on over 1000 movies and recordings. He wrote the curriculum and is a teacher at the Los Angeles College of Music.