The Rhythm Remix

5 min · Intermediate · Creative

How to play

Pick a riff you know well, from a song or one you wrote. Play it once as normal.

Now keep exactly the same notes in the same order, but change the rhythm. Try stretching some notes, squeezing others, adding rests or shifting the start to a different beat.

Play each version a few times before trying the next.

Challenge

Find a remix that changes the feel enough that someone might not recognise the original. Try one that sits in a different time signature.

Tips

Try clapping the new rhythm first, then add the notes.