Counted Rhythm Skill Index

 
 

level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Level V

Level I

Whole, Half, Quarter, and Unsyncopated Eighth Values.

 

  • Beat, meter, and time signature identification

  • Identify and describe level 1 rhythmic values

  • Whole, half, and quarter note counts and circles

  • Whole, half and quarter notes and rest counts and circles

  • Whole, half, quarter, and eighth note counts and circles

  • Whole, half, quarter notes and rests with eighth note counts and circles

Level 2  

Pickups, Ties, Unsyncopated Sixteenth Notes, and Dotted Half Values.

 

  • Pickup, ties, and dotted half identification

  • Tie counts and circles

  • Dotted half counts and circles

  • Ties and dotted half counts and circles

  • Unsyncopated sixteenth identification

  • Unsyncopated sixteenth counts and circles

Level 3

Cut Time, Compound Meter, Syncopated Eighth Values, and Eighth Note Triplets

 

  • Cut time description

  • Cut time count and circles

  • Compound meter description

  • Compound meter counts and circles

  • Syncopated eighth description

  • Syncopated eighth counts and circles

  • Eighth note triplet description

  • Eighth note triplet counts and circles

Level 4: Syncopated sixteenth values,  Quarter, and sixteenth note triplets

 

  • Syncopated sixteenth description

  • Syncopated sixteenth counts and circles

  • Quarter note triplet description

  • Quarter note triplet counts and circles

  • Sixteenth note triplet description

  • Sixteenth note triplet counts and circles

Level 5: Polyrhythms, hemiola, and odd subdivisions

 

  • Polyrhythm description

  • Polyrhythm counting

  • Hemiola description

  • Hemiola counting

  • Odd subdivision description

  • Odd subdivision counting and clapping