YOUR TRAINING

Rhythm Phrasing Trainer: 40 rhythms to make your solo breathe

8 tracks, one per rhythm family, with 5 cells each. You hear the rhythm, the bell rings and you repeat it with the beat running. Always with the same 3 notes.

1Hear the cell (the guide plays it twice)
2The bell rings: your turn, repeat it
3Take it into your solo over your mode
⬇ Download the workbook: the 40 cells on a grid + routine (PDF)

The 8 tracks

Track 1 · Quarter notes72 BPM · 72 s

Hits on the beat, without filling the gaps. The base of all phrasing.

Track 2 · Eighth notes72 BPM · 72 s

Even notes, two per beat. The rhythm that sounds like a scale.

Track 3 · Offbeats72 BPM · 72 s

Most hits land between the beats, on the “and”. It pushes the phrase forward.

Track 4 · Syncopations72 BPM · 72 s

The hit lands where you don’t expect it and the pulse still feels steady. Instant groove.

Track 5 · Anticipations72 BPM · 72 s

The note arrives half a beat before the strong beat.

Track 6 · Rests72 BPM · 72 s

The gap is part of the phrase: breathing is playing.

Track 7 · Phrase and breath72 BPM · 72 s

One short idea and a long silence. Question and pause.

Track 8 · Mix72 BPM · 72 s

Combines the earlier families inside a single bar.

2-week routine · 10 minutes a day

  1. Day 1. Quarter notes: Track 1 · Quarter notes
  2. Day 2. Eighth notes: Track 2 · Eighth notes
  3. Day 3. Offbeats: Track 3 · Offbeats
  4. Day 4. Syncopations: Track 4 · Syncopations
  5. Day 5. Anticipations: Track 5 · Anticipations
  6. Day 6. Rests with intent: Track 6 · Rests
  7. Day 7. Phrase and breath: Track 7 · Phrase and breath
  8. Day 8. Mix: Track 8 · Mix
  9. Day 9. Review: Tracks 1 and 3: repeat the two you found hardest
  10. Day 10. Review: Tracks 2 and 4
  11. Day 11. Review: Tracks 5 and 6
  12. Day 12. Review: Tracks 7 and 8
  13. Day 13. Your 5 favorites: Pick 5 cells you like and play 1 bar of each, back to back, over Am7 with the click
  14. Day 14. Your solo: Track 8 without looking at the PDF; then improvise 8 bars using only 2 cells

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