Lesson No.3

Content of lesson: the assessment of the coordination skills (sense of rhythm test)

Competencies to be developed: improving the sense of rhythm

Additional tools: Hi-fi, metronome, mirror, stopwatch, camera

  • I/1. Rhythm ability test

Significant research results in the world of classical music: the metronome-rhythm tests carried out by composers and artists.

(Varnus Xavér, 2004)

Application: adaptation to the rhythm heard, the ability and speed of reacting to changing rhythm, testing the concentration ability.

Device: CD with previously recorded rhythm signals

Implementation: only the student and the research investigator are present in a separate classroom. From the tape, the student can hear knockings in various rhythms: 3,3 Hz (196 Bpm), 2,4 Hz (144 Bpm), 4,0 Hz (240 Bpm). The student can hear each rhythm for 10 seconds and s/he has to adapt her/his step frequency while running in one place. The student has three chances, and s/he has to adapt to the new rhythm as fast as possible.

  • I/2. Rhythm ability test

Basis for evaluation:

1. Correspondence between the knocking heard from the tape and the rhythm of running in one place.

2. The student has to adapt to the given rhythm within 10 seconds. Level of performance:

  • 4 points: total correspondence of the two rhythms
  • 0 points: the two rhythms do not correspond

The student can get 4 points for each of the three different rhythms, so, all in all, 12 points can be given as a maximum.

Summary: The main objective was to adapt the rhythm of running in one place and skipping to the knocking, the metronome and the musical rhythm during the lesson.

Checking: performing the given exercises in a satisfactory manner.

Test questions: rhythm ability test 1, 2.