1. WHAT TIME IS IT??? (Or, What Is Time?) Kurt Gartner Professor of Percussion KSU Concert Band Clinic 2014

2. What We Will Cover Externalization/Internalization Sticking/Timing/Phrasing Relationships Rethinking the Metronome Counting and Playing Meters Mastering Tuplets and Hemiolas Part Marking Time and Space

3. Externalization/Internalization

4. Stickings and Timing And now, reintroduce the click…

5. Phrasing - Metrical Accents

6. Understanding Meters Duple Meters: 2/4, 2/2, 4/4, 8/8, 6/8, 12/8, 6/4 Triple Meters: 3/4, 3/2, 3/4, 3/8, 9/8 Odd Meters: 5/8, 5/4, 7/8, 7/4, 11/16, 13/8 Simple Meters: beats grouped in 2s Compound Meters: beats grouped in 3s Odd meters: combination(s) of groupings of 2 and 3

7. Counting Compound Meters

8. Tuplet: any grouping not inherent in the meter

9. Big Triplets Simplified

10. Crazy Tuplets

11. Hemiolas: groupings that imply other meters

12. Part Marking Counting Stickings (slur marks are handy) Metrical/agogic accents Groupings (vital in odd meters)

13. Space...... The Final Frontier... What does it mean for our playing?

14. Questions? Kurt Gartner Professor of Percussion ksu.edu/music/percussion