![]() ![]() ![]() The child needs to FOCUS ON THE MUSIC and NOT on our constant coaching. Your child will eventually find the beat, when there are FEWER distractions. The idea is to help the child learn to 'FEEL' and 'FIND' the backbeat, on their own.ĭon't coach TOO MUCH as the music plays. If the child tends to get off-beat, start pointing again, but only for a short while. Sometimes it helps to stop clapping, and just point the index finger on each backbeat, while saying, "clap", each time you point IN-TIME, with the music.Ĭoax the child to continue clapping even after you've stopped participating. TEST to see if your child can find the BACKBEAT on their own. Tap on the dash with one hand, and drive with the other. ![]() This is a great past-time when you are riding in the car, and listening to the radio. It will eventually happen, if you'll remain patient and allow the child enough time to get the hang of it. BACK OFF.ĭo it for a little-while every day, until they can feel the BACKBEAT FLOW, instinctively. It makes me SCREAM at the parents when I see it. (Some parents tend to become far too serious. Mix with abundant hugs, smiling, and laughter. Encourage your young student to clap along in-time WITH you! Just do a web search for 'Love and Happiness, by Al Green', if you would like to own of copy of this song.įind the 'backbeat flow' and begin clapping in-time with the repeating snare backbeats on the recordings. This song and CD is available in numerous places around the web. Just do a web-search for 'Brad Yates, Ocean'. The Ocean, by Brad Yates, (a good friend of mine in Daytona Beach.) Get in touch with him, and he'll sell you a copy.mp3 song files/clips that may be about the right speed. These two links below include a couple of (30 second). * Begin with these two (short) song clips * PLAY RECORDINGS and clap along in-time with the SNARE or repeating BACKBEATS of the music. Make a FUN GAME of FEELING THE BACKBEATS. FOCUS on teaching your child to FEEL & HEAR the BACKBEATS of a recorded song. ![]()
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