HAPI / Tongue Drum path
HAPI / Tongue Drum musical instrument

Core repertoire

Rhythmic Variation

Syncopation and accent shifts inside a loop.

Intermediate16 min85 BPM

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Key concepts

  • Syncopated accents
  • Displacement
  • Rests as rhythm

Practice exercises

  1. 1Shift the accent by one beat
  2. 2Play the same cell in 3 and 4

Today's challengeSame phrase, fingers then mallets Then play it again 3 BPM faster and keep it clean.

Practice tempo

85 BPM

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