Polyrhythm Reading Challenge
How's your new year going so far? I kicked off the 30-Day 10min Practice Challenge yesterday, so I'm feeling pretty inspired and excited to keep it up.
Today, I'm sharing my Polyrhythm Reading Challenge! 🥳
(You can download the PDF & MIDI reference via the link)
I am a big fan of polyrhythms. I feel "cool" when I'm playing them, and they also sound cool! I remember playing Lou Harrison's "Fugue for percussion quartet" in my undergrad — it was a very challenging piece full of polyrhythms but loved how fluid it sounded when we played the rhythms correctly.
That's why I wrote this reading challenge that lets you work on reading both polyrhythms and notes ⭐️
This challenge will train you to:
Work on different polyrhythms against different pulse (metronome)
Be a better sight-reader
Play rhythms accurately in tempo
If you find this challenge too easy, you can always modify the metronome pulse — for example, in Level 1, you can make the metronome tick only on beat 1 of every measure so that you will have to keep the tempo very accurately.
On a different note, it's my birthday today! 🎂 I'm very grateful to be healthy and have started this newsletter last year. Thank you all for your support!
If you do the challenge, please tag me on Instagram @chihiroplayspercussion with the hashtag #positivepercussionist - GOOD LUCK!