Playable BooksREADING EDITIONS
Bona, Complete Method for Rhythmical Articulation

Pasquale Bona

Practise a rhythm

Every beat of the 120 studies, sorted by the rhythm it holds and listed in the order the book introduces it. Pick a rhythm, then a study that drills it; each study opens in the playable edition. A “held” note sounds on from before the beat: a tie, or a longer note.

On a quarter-note beat

On a eighth-note beat

On a dotted-quarter beat

On a half-note beat

The same rhythms drive dance music: notes held across the beat are the syncopations of the tresillo and the son clave, and triplets are the swing of jazz comping. Hear them looped and slowed down on Rhythm Dictionary.