I could tell back in middle school when I played this game that there was something special about this track, but it wasn’t until college when irregular time signatures really clicked with me that I finally realized how rhythmically genius this track really is. Oooooohhhhh this has been one of my all-time favorite video game tracks, if not just musical pieces in general. And today, I am going to share that same lesson with all of you! □įirst, let’s listen to “Hollow Bastion”, from Kingdom Hearts I: From the beginning, I knew that I wanted to use “Hollow Bastion” as an example to show her an irregular time signature. We went over reading notes in tenor and alto clefs, intervals of every kind (special shout-out to ’s amazingly fun interval exercises, especially their Level 5 “Accidentals of Doom” section XD), transposition for orchestral instruments, and irregular time signatures. Honestly though, it was challenging for me, since this was the highest level of music theory that I had ever taught so far, and some of the stuff I was teaching her, I didn’t even learn in college. She is an incredibly sharp, driven student, and she picked up on the concepts very quickly. One of my students was preparing for her Grade 5 ABRSM Theory exam, and it was quite an experience teaching her. In addition to about 20 elementary school classroom music lessons, and smaller music theory classes, I’ve taken on some weekly private lessons as well. The audio track is about 17 minutes long. If you can’t make the time to sit and listen/read the whole thing in one sitting, though, there are shorter audio clips after each musical excerpt shown. Special Note: This is the first of many articles to come that will have a full audio track available! Since this article focuses on time signatures and beat divisions, it may be helpful to listen to the audio track and follow along.
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