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Rhythm training

Hello -- does anyone know of any good resources to help singers work on rhythm outside of rehearsal and who don't have access to a keyboard?
 
Thanks.
Anne Longmore, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
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on June 3, 2013 8:43am
The question is about resources to help singers work on rhythm away from rehearsal, without a keyboard.
 
Hindemith's Elementary Training for Musicians has never significanlty been improved upon.  That, plus a metronome, set to a relatively slow tempo, whose click is imagined as off-beats (either duple or triple) against which one taps or claps.  When imagined as triple, the metronome is clicking either the second or third part of the triplet while the singer taps or claps the beat.  And so on.
 
Best regards,
Jerome Hoberman
 
Music Director/Conductor, The Hong Kong Bach Choir & Orchestra
on June 4, 2013 12:42pm
I agree.  You can also use your left hand as metronome, tapping a steady beat with your left hand, while your right taps out the notated rhythm.
 
Kate Thickstun
Artistic Director
Pacific Women's Chorus
on June 4, 2013 1:38am
Starer - Rhythmic Training is a great book as well.
 
on June 4, 2013 8:14am
You may be interested in You've Got Rhythm: Read Music Better by Feeling the Beat, a complete rhythm-reading method I co-wrote with pianist/educator Joan Harkness. It incorporates simple gestures and text to integrate reading, speaking, and feeling the meter and rhythms. We have had rather amazing success with all ages. There's lots of information at http://fleap.com/YGR.html
Please feel free to contact me as well.
Anna
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