The Rhythm Book

Dover Publications
The Rhythm Book: Studies in Rhythmic Reading and Principles

Textbook with simple drills and exercises familiarizes readers with the various signs, symbols, and units of rhythmic notation in every possible combination through the quarter-part of the beat. With studies for playing and singing, many musical examples, sections on basic conducting technique, sight-singing, and musical notation.

Part I: Basic studies and reading technique
Beat and meter
Exercises in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters

Part II: Simple time
The simple beat
Simle meter
Further Studies and practice in simple time
The divisionof ssimple beat

Part III: Compound time
The notation of compound time
The division of compound beat

Part IV: Combinations of basic beat and metric types
The ssubstitution of beat types
Changing and additive meters

Part V: Basic conducting technique
Part VI : Appendix