Feeling the Rhythm

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Develop your rhythmic vocabulary and improvise with more creativity. For all instruments!

Do you find yourself repeating the same rhythmic patterns when you improvise?

Would you like to create more musical and engaging accompaniments using rhythm?

Do you struggle to recognise the groove in a jam track and adapt your playing to it?

Do you sometimes lose the beat, the feel or even the form of the song while improvising?

Would you like to truly understand swing feel?

And would you like a clear method to practise rhythm and develop real rhythmic confidence?

The difference between 'good enough' or 'great'

Rhythm is an undervalued element in music. We all understand the importance of playing at a steady tempo, but we hardly ever pay attention to the creative possibilities of rhythm and the impact of timing on our playing. What we learned about rhythm when we learned to play our instrument is usually ‘good enough’.

But with focused training, your sense of rhythm can grow far beyond that. The difference between an average musician and a compelling one is rarely about the notes. It is about timing, placement and feel.

In this course you will learn how to connect deeply with the pulse of the music and use timing to bring energy and clarity to your playing. You will build a rhythmic vocabulary that helps you feel beats and offbeats with confidence.

By developing your inner drummer, you will unlock new musical ideas and gain real control over the relationship between pulse, rhythm and timing.

Intuitive language integrates into the subconscious mind

The intuitive language of rhythm that Jelske teaches really does, with a little practice, quickly integrate into the subconscious mind and become a kind of sixth sense that one doesn't have to think about. I always suspected that the great improvisers aren't thinking when they're playing, and now I better understanding how they got there. I can't recommend this course enough!
Dan Kelly
guitar

I am astounded by the change in my playing

This is just an extract of our rehearsal this afternoon for tomorrows gig. My solo comes from a place of total inspiration from this course and your teachings. I am astounded by the change in my playing since starting this course .
Andy Day
guitar, Australia
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Boost your creativity!

Don’t learn more notes, learn more rhythm! Discover how rhythmic awareness transforms everything you already play. Immediate benefits for your playing include:

  • Align your timing with the music and the musicians around you. Play with the groove instead of against it.
  • Turn the smallest melodic idea into endless variation through rhythmic transformation.
  • Build a rhythmic vocabulary that helps you get away from mathematical counting and feel the beats, offbeats and other subdivisions.
  • Explore multiple interpretations of swing feel, and develop your own.
  • Compose your own music and original comping patterns without relying on jamtracks.
  • Hear and understand the rhythmic DNA of jazz and popular music.
  • Improvise with clarity, control and real freedom.

Inside this course

Video tutorials with instructions, examples and assignments

13 video lessons (10 – 15 min each) with very clear homework assignments which tell you exactly what to practice. You can watch each video as many times as you like at your own convenience.

Extra audio tracks to practice together

Using the extra audio tracks, you and I can practice the rhythmical exercises from the lessons. This will help you internalize an intuitive language of rhythm.

High-quality jam tracks in popular styles

You’ll get access to IFR Jam Tracks level 3 and Jelske’s Feeling the Rhythm jam tracks. These jam tracks – in different popular music styles like pop, rock, jazz, funk – are fun to practice with and provide an organized, progressive study path.  All jam tracks are (downloadable) mp3 files.

(sample excerpts)

Repertoire examples

The course includes loads of repertoire examples to illustrate the rhythmic concepts of the video lessons. This is how you discover how to play along in all kinds of music styles. A dream come true for many students!

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Love this course

I absolutely love the course. I’m learning tons and am using it in my playing.
Joe Schultz
guitar, United States

Very inspiring

I am very happy with the progress I have made in my awareness and in applying different rhythms. Thank you Jelske for the great course and your quality as an inspiring teacher.
Nancy Tonk
saxophone, Netherlands

A word about you

This programme is suitable for you if you want to learn to understand music by ear and are willing to practise actively and with curiosity. You don’t need to be fast or know everything already, but you do need to be open to a different way of working than just playing from sheet music.

This programme is less suitable if you are mainly looking for fast tricks, quick licks or ready-made solos to copy. It is also less suitable if you do not have the time or space to practise regularly.

Any questions?

You need time to repeat the exercises: ideally every day, but try to practice at least 3 times a week (approx. 1 hour). This will enable you to build momentum.

Absolutely! In the first lessons of this course you will get enough strategies to improve your sense of beat forever.

Yes! Dust off your 16th notes, improve your timing and boost your creativity. (Thank me in the end).

From counting to feeling

Many musicians learn to count.
Few truly learn to feel time.

When rhythm becomes embodied instead of calculated, your playing changes immediately. You stop chasing the beat and start shaping it.

This training gives you the tools to internalize pulse, expand your rhythmic vocabulary and improvise with freedom.

The notes were never the problem.
Time is the key.

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