You want more practice with finding the central beat in real music? You got it! In this “half/bonus” episode we’ll take a break from “A Nuclear Survivor’s Guide to Music”. We’ll have a quick chat, and then go straight into some exciting exercises outlined below.

By the way, In addition to breathing, nodding your head is one of the best ways to connect with the central beat. Listen to this episode as many times as you need to, in order to make sure you’re ready to go next week we delve into rhythm!

Episode Chapters:

(00:00:00) Intro, Greetings, and Chat

(00:04:13) Exercises 1: Simple Bass and High Hat

(00:06:56) Exercises 2: Simple Drum Pattern

(00:09:29) Exercises 3: Steady Beat, but different Tempos

(00:13:10) Exercises 4: Keeping the beat with a bad drummer

(00:16:05) Exercises 5: Breathing to Full Songs

(00:19:10) Exercises 6: Breathing to Songs without Drums

(00:21:34) Closing Remarks and Outro

Thank you for listening!

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