gordon rhythm syllables
This set of syllables means that if you see four sixteenth notes in 44 you say takadimi but if if you see four 32nd notes on the first half of the beat you also say takadimi. At this level we use a neutral syllable because we want students to hear the pure sound of music first. Pin On Music Gordon insists that the sound itself is fundamental. . For more information on the rhythm syllables that Edwin Gordon uses please read his book Learning Sequences in Music or Eric Bluestines The Ways Children Learn Music. David Row at Make Moments Matter. Music Learning Theory researched and developed by Edwin Gordon from the mid 1950s to present is a set of ideas about how humans learn music through audiation. Gordons rhythm syllables are based on beat function which gives them an internal logic within and among meters Most rhythm syllable systems are inherently unmusical and cumbersome to apply. The one best suited for developing audi...