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Counting Rhythms using Ta Ka Di Mi

Practice pulsing with your arm and saying the syllables

Ta = 1 Quarter note

Ta Di = 2 Eighth notes

Ta Ka Di Mi = 4 Sixteenth notes

Each one of these

equals 1 beat

4/4 time = 4 beats per measure

How to pulse and count Eighth notes

How to Pulse and Count Sixteenth Notes

Hand up at shoulder say Ta

Arm extended say Di

Feel the pulse (beat) by pulsing your arm up and down.

Use the syllables: Ta Ka Di Mi

Up and Down: Ta Di Ta Di Ta Di Ta Di

this equals 4 beats

or 1 measure in 4/4 time

Hand up at shoulder (Ta) and then arm

extended (a) back up to shoulder (Ta)

Ta Ka Di Mi = 4 sixteenth notes

4 Sixteenth notes = 1 beat

16 Sixteenth notes = 1 measure

in 4/4 time

4 up and down motions =

4 beats

Ta Ta Ta Ta = 4 beats

Divide the pulse into 2 parts

Ta and Di

Eighth notes divide

each pulse into 2

parts.

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