Larry
"Uncle Larry"
Just got this book. The very first exercise, the Tables of Time itself, is showing me how bad I am at subdividing. I believe this book should be the first book along with Stick Control as it really helps establish a firm pulse through all the different subdivisions. In particular it is showing me my severe lack of uniformity going from a measure of triplets to a measure of straight 16th notes with the metronome.
You have to do this to a metronome, it's utterly useless without it. My subdividing was so off I couldn't believe it. Specifically my meter would waver going from triplets to straight time, I think that must trip up everyone in the beginning. Subdividing in either triplets or straight time is fairly natural for me, but going from triplets to straight time, and not lose or rush meter, was much more difficult than I thought. I am loving what these exercises are doing to my internal pulse. Only 2 days (about 4 hours) of focused work and I can feel progress already.
Counting in straight time while playing triplets took longer than I thought to separate properly.
You have to do this to a metronome, it's utterly useless without it. My subdividing was so off I couldn't believe it. Specifically my meter would waver going from triplets to straight time, I think that must trip up everyone in the beginning. Subdividing in either triplets or straight time is fairly natural for me, but going from triplets to straight time, and not lose or rush meter, was much more difficult than I thought. I am loving what these exercises are doing to my internal pulse. Only 2 days (about 4 hours) of focused work and I can feel progress already.
Counting in straight time while playing triplets took longer than I thought to separate properly.