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Music and Rhythm Mastery — 90 Days

A ninety-day mastery journey in music and rhythm: from pulse and meter through melody, harmony, expression and style, toward a final piece.

90 days ~20 min/day Intermediate Included in Artist Plus
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Plan days:

1
The Steady Pulse
20 min
2
Four-Beat Meter
20 min
3
Three-Beat Meter
20 min
4
Tempo
20 min
5
Subdivisions
20 min
6
Compound Meter
20 min
7
Reviewing Meter
20 min
8
The Feel of Groove
20 min
9
Downbeat and Backbeat
20 min
10
Syncopation
20 min
11
Rests and Silence
20 min
12
Rhythmic Layers
20 min
13
Switching Patterns
20 min
14
Checkpoint: A Steady Groove
20 min
15
Sound Breathes
20 min
16
Crescendo and Diminuendo
20 min
17
The Accent
20 min
18
Legato and Staccato
20 min
19
Dynamic Contrast
20 min
20
Dynamics and Phrasing
20 min
21
Reviewing Dynamics
20 min
22
The Major Scale
20 min
23
A Melody from Three Notes
20 min
24
Melodic Contour
20 min
25
The Minor Scale
20 min
26
The Pivot Note
20 min
27
The Pentatonic Scale
20 min
28
Checkpoint: A Short Melody
20 min
29
The Interval Between Two Notes
20 min
30
The Imitating Ear
20 min
31
Consonance and Dissonance
20 min
32
Recognizing a Melody
20 min
33
Leap and Step
20 min
34
Coloring the Pitch
20 min
35
Reviewing the Ear
20 min
36
The Basic Chord
20 min
37
Melody Over a Chord
20 min
38
A Two-Chord Progression
20 min
39
Tension and Resolution
20 min
40
The Bass Leads
20 min
41
Chord Color
20 min
42
Checkpoint: A Simple Harmony
20 min
43
The Phrase Breathes
20 min
44
The Melodic Peak
20 min
45
Rubato
20 min
46
Ornamentation
20 min
47
Expressive Silence
20 min
48
Question and Answer
20 min
49
Reviewing Phrasing
20 min
50
The Motif
20 min
51
Repetition and Variation
20 min
52
Verse and Chorus
20 min
53
Intro and Outro
20 min
54
The Bridge
20 min
55
The Climax in Structure
20 min
56
Checkpoint: A Structured Piece
20 min
57
Immediate Creation
20 min
58
Constrained Improvisation
20 min
59
Call and Response
20 min
60
Developing the Idea
20 min
61
Improvising Over a Chord
20 min
62
Silence in Improvisation
20 min
63
Reviewing Improvisation
20 min
64
Sonic Layers
20 min
65
Melody and Accompaniment
20 min
66
Density and Sparseness
20 min
67
Dialogue Between Voices
20 min
68
The Role of the Bass
20 min
69
Building by Addition
20 min
70
Reviewing Texture
20 min
71
Your Musical Voice
20 min
72
Learning from a Musician
20 min
73
Simplicity or Complexity
20 min
74
Your Rhythmic Signature
20 min
75
Breaking the Rule Consciously
20 min
76
Style Consistency
20 min
77
Reviewing Your Style
20 min
78
The Final Piece Idea
20 min
79
Building the Core Motif
20 min
80
Plotting the Structure
20 min
81
Choosing the Harmony
20 min
82
The First Take
20 min
83
First Revision
20 min
84
Checkpoint: Project Mid-Review
20 min
85
Developing the Climax
20 min
86
Unifying the Mood
20 min
87
Balancing the Mix
20 min
88
The Final Touches
20 min
89
Final Submission
20 min
90
A Letter to Tomorrow's Musician
20 min