Our latest video explores a common oversight in many online music courses: the neglect of rhythm. While many focus on melody, we highlight how people can truly learn rhythm by engaging with music they already love. This approach makes understanding music theory and executing rhythm practice more intuitive and enjoyable for everyone.

Struggling with music lessons focusing only on notes? Discover how to master rhythm and play popular songs like 'Cold as Ice' by focusing on chords you love. We make learning fun and practical.

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she's like, "Wait a second, that's all that is." And all of a sudden they're getting rhythm by playing with the stuff they already like.

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Uh, one of the things that I've noticed with many online courses for music in general is they- they concentrate on the melody, the tones and notes, the actual sounds, but they don't really teach rhythm. The So, uh, if I- i- if I say, you know, "Play something," it To my wife in the And, um, I don't want to put her in the spotlight here, so I just did, but I'm- I'm in trouble then.

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But the idea of playing a melody, it You- she'll play the notes, there's some rest there, that's was supposed to be a half note, you ended up playing it as a quarter note, that kind of thing. And they have no concept of what that actually means. And, and for somebody trying to One thing, talking about bad habits, you get in the habit of, "These are the notes," and then you just rush through 'em. Uh, can you, can you really teach that well in an online forum?

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I think you can if you're working with s- w- Let's say you have a song. Let's go to Cold as Ice. We're old enough to remember Cold as Ice, all of us, right? Yeah, yes. The E minor sus to the E minor chord, right? That's how it starts. So let's say Cold as Ice, not putting your wife on the spot, was her favorite song. She wants to play Cold as Ice.

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We keep- It is her favorite song.

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So I Let's say I teach you those 2 chords, the E minor sus to the E minor. That's all I teach you, just those 2 chords. And then we just work on slow, nice and slow, right? You know that it's only 2 chords. And then the left hand goes whack on that low E when you can. Now we play Cold as Ice on her headphones.

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So she's playing with Foreigner and she can do that. And she's like, "Wait a second, that's all that is." And all of a sudden they're getting rhythm by playing with the stuff they already like.

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