Intermediate Rhythm Videos for Piano Teaching: Dotted Quarters, Sixteenths & 6/8 Time

Rhythm tapping videos are great tools to introduce music students to new rhythm patterns in private or group lessons. They can focus on hearing, seeing, and feeling the rhythms before adding the complexity of also playing correct pitches on the instrument.

Dotted Quarter Notes Rhythm Practice

Count, Tap Clap, or Stamp along with each rhythm sample in the videos.

Remember to count aloud using the smallest note pattern found in each example. 
Sixteenths: 1 e & a, 2 e & a, etc.
Eighths: 1 & 2 &, etc.

Musical Minds: Dotted Quarters and Single Eighth Notes

Sixteenth Notes Rhythm Practice

Musical Minds: 16th Notes

Musical Minds: 16th and Dotted Quarters

Musical Minds: Multi Level Eighths, Dotted Quarters and Sixteenths

Choose your level of difficulty. (Red=Easy, Green=Moderate, Blue=Advanced)

6/8 Time Signature Rhythm Practice

For 6/8 Time Signatures, you can choose which method you prefer to count with. Add emphasis on the bold #s.

As you listen to the backing tracks try counting with each method as you tap the heartbeat board

1&a 2&a  - Imagine 2 sets of triplets  

OR 123 456 - Similar to 2 measures of 3/4 Time joined together with all the quarters turned into eighth notes.

6/8 Time Signature Rock Ballad Backing Track

6/8 Time Signature Celtic Backing Track

Musical Minds: 6/8 Time Signature