Contributor: Eric Combs

Three part series called "Teaching Rhythm," which goes into detail about David Newell's rhythm learning books, "Teaching Rhythm," and "The Simple Rhythmatician." David Newell helped collaborate on this project.

Part One: A discussion of the theories behind Mr. Newell's ideas of teaching rhythm, based off of the Gordon Music Learning Theory.

Part 2: Classroom demonstration, showing how Eric's beginner students easily master 16th notes using the method found in "Teaching Rhythm."
Part 3: A demonstration of how students can better understand rhythm using David Newell's unison book "The Simple Rhythmatician."

Contributor: Eric Combs

Teaching 6/8 literacy in about 15 minutes with very little talking. This was a college project. Check out the end of the video to see the end result (sight reading a full piece).