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How to Figure out Rhythm of Songs - 3/4 or 4/4? (Udemy.com)

Learn how to identify songs as 3/4 or 4/4 and what the differences are.

Created by: Rosa Suen

Last updated October 2019

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What you will learn

  • COUNT the beats of songs written in 3/4 with confidence
  • COUNT the beats of songs written in 4/4 with confidence
  • DISTINGUISH the timing between 3/4 and 4/4 Song
  • SING the strong beat
  • MATCH the stress in the syllables to the strong beat
  • FIND out the rhythm of songs easily

How it compares

Against the other 270 rated Udemy courses in Music on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 3% of them
  • Reviews25#267 of 271 by number of reviews
  • Length1.2 hoursshorter than 91% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2019earlier than 82% of them

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Course Description

Play By Ear Rhythm 1:  How to Figure out the Rhythm of a Song?  Is it in 3/4 or 4/4 Time?

We all love to listen to music. When we listen to a song, we tune into the rhythm more than anything else. Most people don’t catch or don’t care about the occasional bad note or chord. But if the rhythm goes off in a performance, it’s the first thing the audience will notice.

Rhythm is an essential element in all music. You can mix together any sounds you want, but if there is no underlying rhythm to the sounds, there is no music.

Welcome to this course on "How to Figure out the rhythm of a song?  I’m so happy you’re here.  You might be wondering, is this the right course for me?

I designed this course for anyone who wants to play by ear and they want to figure out whether the song is written in 3/4 time or 4/4 time. 

When you play your song, whether on a piano, guitar, or ukulele, you want to make sure you play your songs in the Right rhythm.

Songs have different time signature. Most songs are written with these 2 time signature.  3/4 or 4/4 Time.

  • When it is 3/4 song, you count the beat 1 2 3.

  • When it is 4/4 song, you count the beat 1 2 3 4

It seems very obvious, isn't it?

But you will be so surprised that when it comes to music, most people do not know how to count.  This is why I created this course for you The frustration many people face is that they can't tell whether the songs they play are written in 3/4 time or 4/4 time.

Let me tell you, it takes time to learn Rhythm.  No pun intended. 

In this course, you are going to concentrate on learning songs written in 3/4 and 4/4 Time.

By the end of the course, you are going to able to tell the difference between songs that are written in 3/4 & 4/4 time without a shadow of doubt.

You must understand rhythm and how to 'count the beat' in songs. This is how you make progress.  From there you will be able to play the simplest songs to the most complex pieces. 

The more complex pieces of movie songs or standards are written in 2/4 time, 6/8 time, 9/8, 12/8 time.  But you know what? They are all built on the principles of the timing in 3/4 and 4/4. 


Come on in and join us,

Rosa


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Instructor Details

Rosa Suen

Rosa is the Pastor and Church Pianist for a local community church in Hong Kong  for over 30 years. She graduated from University of British Columbia and received her teaching certificate specializing in Chemistry and teaching English as a second language. She taught public schools in Canada for a couple of years and then went on to receive her Master's degree in Christian Theological Ministry at Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto. She started full time ministry with her husband in 1989 and received intensive Pastoral Counselling and Discipleship Training at Christian Disciples Church. They were ordained to become church ministers as Pastors in 1996 in a local church in Tsuen Wan and have been ministering to this same congregation for more than 20 years now. 

Over the years, she has gone on church missions to Mongolia, Sydney, Nepal, India and expedition trips to the Holy Lands: Israel, Greece and Turkey. Wherever she went, she found herself taking up the music ministry and became the church pianist for that church. 

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Reviews

4.2

25 ratings on Udemy

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By Scato van Opstall on 2/7/2020

A few very short videos, with very basic info and only one good tip: watch the accents on the lyrics. I sort of enjoyed the fact that a Honkong piano teacher uses US evergreens to make the 3/4 verus 4/4 point (I didn't know half of them , but are to be googled). Hence two stars and not one. For the rest not much extra information and a lot of useless written exercises (put the notes under the lyrics using numbers (?!). The graphic design of everything is also hilarious, to say it friendly. I tried this course at a discount, the original price is completely mad, and even with the discount a waste of money IMHO.

By Don Darrell on 12/30/2018

Yes, so far this course is exactly what I was looking for to help me learn the difference between these two time signatures.

By Rosalee Moore on 11/6/2018

I learned how to relate between 3/4 and 4/4 time. Just what I needed for my sonwriting. I plan to take more of your classes Rosa. Thank you so much.

By Mimoh Li on 2/24/2018

Thanks you so much

By Rochelle on 8/23/2017

I needed this because I'm trying to play by ear. I'm loving what I'm seeing so far.

By Michelle Daley on 2/4/2016

Very useful in my line of music.

By Barbara G on 10/21/2015

Rosa goes above and beyond trying to find new ways to help her students achieve their goals. She seems to be on a mission to make sure every student is successful. There are tools available in this and every course she teaches that makes it easier for your future self to be a better musician. These are courses that make dreams become a reality. It takes action, so look over all she offers and get in the courses that you need to make your dreams come true.

By Amanbir singh on 4/5/2020

By Aparajita Karmakar on 11/2/2016

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Overall Score : 84 / 100