Can you teach someone rhythm - to tap their feet or sway even?
I just read a really great post here about teaching someone rhythm so they could play guitar, someone who seemed to have no rhythm at all. Someone suggested getting them to groove a bit to a song and feel it, tap their feet, etc.
What if they can't do that - groove to a beat in a song that is. They can't stay on beat or seem to feel the beat at all in songs. Any suggestions on how to get through that? To get them to be able to tap their foot to a beat and keep it? Or move to a beat- even sway to a beat?
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I teach piano, not guitar, but I have had some success by simply using a metronome to get the student to really hear the rhythm. Some students simply do not have the ability to hear rhythm when listening to a song, and that's fine. It just takes them a little longer. Once they've played a song with a metronome a few times, it becomes easier for them to picture the rhythm in their head, and they eventually won't need the metronome to help them.
Hope this helps!
Have them count to four out loud repeatedly. If they can't count smoothly and evenly through the 4 to 1 transition then you might have a big problem. If they can count it then have them clap on each number while they count out loud. After that it's just incremental increases in complexity until they understand basic rhythm.
Take a look at some of the Suzuki Method techniques used for younger students. I recall my child's teacher running a variety of group-timing exercises to help the students get a feel for even tempi.
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