Bruce Arnold’s Music Workshop
Odd Meters-Volume 1
Rhythm Exercises
Excerpts: Odd Meters: Exercise 1

An excerpt from Exercise 1 of Odd Meters Volume 1 is provided. To practice and work with these materials download both the manuscript and the midifile for Exercise 1.

A midifile player can also be downloaded for PC or Mac (See instructions below). This will allow the student to adjust the tempo of the exercise. There are 10 exercises in Odd Meters Volume 1, which gives the student over 100 pages of rhythms. This book applies both eighth and sixteenth note rhythms to odd meter combinations.

A students ability to read and recognize highly syncopated rhythms in combination with meter changes will improve greatly by reading all the exercises found in this book.

Manuscript Files

Page 1-9k GIF
Page 2-9k GIF
Page 3-9k GIF

MIDI Files

ex 1
ex 2
ex 3
ex 4
ex 5
ex 6
ex 7
ex 8
ex 9
ex 10

We recommend using the following Midifile players because they will allow you to change the tempo of each exercise.

Massiva (for Windows)
MIDI Jukebox for Mac

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Bruce Arnold publications please visit:

Muse Eek Publishers

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