Try getting a copy of Elementary Training for Musicians by Paul Hindemith.
There are separate pitch and rhythm exercises. They become VERY difficult.
If you could master that book, your pitch and rhythm problems would be
practically nonexistent.
Merry
In a message dated 01-05-09 22:38:17 EDT, you write:
>
>
> if you can seperate reading rhythm from reading pitch and conquer
> reading rhythm first, you will be doing yourself a favor. it is a lot
> easier to become proficient at reading rhythm in a short time and requires
> less knowledge to do so. also, if you are in the right place at the
right
> time, you'll have a good chance of stumbling onto the right pitch.
looking
>
> at it another way, if you have the right pitch in the wrong place, it IS
the
>
> wrong pitch.
>
> robert shaw once said "50% of all tuning problems are the result of
> poor
> rhythm" and beethoven once said (supposedly) "there is an excuse for
playing
>
> wrong notes. there is no excuse for playing a wrong rhythm."
>
> the only reason to fear written music is if you don't know what it
> means. everything i have ever been able to do in music has been based on
> what my high school music theory teacher taught me. so, if you can find
a
> course in music theory, it might save you a lot of trouble.
>
> mike
>
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