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The Rhythm Ruler is a tool to teach students about rhythms. It displays inches with sixteenth, eighth, quarter, half, and whole notes. The back has a breakdown of eighth, quarter, and half note triplets.

Teaching rhythms can be a difficult task but by relating note values to measurements – which most students are familiar with – the task is much easier. Students readily relate the two and easily understand note divisions with the Rhythm Ruler.

The Rhythm Ruler is perfect for band, orchestra, chorus and classroom music students. Teaching note values in general music and classroom music classes to students without previous music experience is much easier with the Rhythm Ruler.

The Rhythm Ruler is made from heavy matte cardstock. It is available in packs of 50 rulers for $75 per pack. That price includes shipping. School purchase orders, credit cards or PayPal are accepted. (Contact me for large order discounts.)

***NEW***

 2′x4′ Vinyl Banners of the Rhythm Ruler  Perfect for your classroom!!!
$120 shipped
These are nice banners with metal grommets for hanging.
Of course, school purchase orders are welcome. 

Contact me TAMBRONI at GMAIL dot COM for bulk orders and purchase orders.

The latest CD release from the Diotima String Quartet, American Music, is simply amazing. Clean, clear, articulate, and musical.

It is refreshing to hear a European interpretation of twentieth century American classics.

Their recording of Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape by Steve Reich reaffirms him as a genius of minimalism.

Their goose-bump inducing Molto Adagio by Samuel Barber clocks in at an exquisite 8:34  (for you people that like to keep track of different versions).

New recordings of Black Angels don’t come along very often and this one is brilliant. I really like how they split up the tracks into the smaller segments rather than just I, II, III.

American Music is available via iTunes for only $10.99 USD.

I currently have openings in my private studio for both electric and double bass lessons. Click here for more information. You can view my resume here.

Jungle of Cities

iPhone’s marimba stops New York Philharmonic performance

The Sixth Edition of “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing” is now available. Almost every page has been updated. More pictures of fingerings and many, many typo fixes. I’m very proud of this work.

Rhythm is the elementary level of mathematics in music.
The true examples lie in other areas such tuning and construction.

The latest edition of The Strad has a great article on the mathematics involved in just making the scroll. Click the picture to download a PDF of the article.

12/24/11 – On September 2, I had tendon surgery on my right arm to alleviate tendinitis.
The surgeon sliced the tendon, cut out scar tissue, and shaved a little bit of bone where the tendon attaches. Although the surgeon said I had ‘no restrictions’ immediately after surgery it was several weeks before I could play comfortably.

Physical therapy started immediate 5 days later. With any sort of tendon surgery it is recommended to start doing some sort of use right away so it remains flexible.

I was initially prescribed 6 weeks of physical therapy. The first 4 weeks felt more like real rehabilitation than just light physical therapy. After that it was just doing low weight / high repetition exercises which strengthens tendons. I started a second 6 week session but after a week I had my doubts on the efficacy of a second 6 week session. So I requested a routine that I could do on my own at my gym. And again, with tendon surgery it is high reps / low weights (around 6 sets of 30 repetitions) that strengthens tendons. So I empoyed unilateral training where I would use a heavier weight on the non-surgery side. Not only does this keep my lifting routine moving forward but also has a carryover effect to the other side keeping muscle atrophy to a minimu.

I play some music where I tune the G string up to an A. I have been tuning an orchestra G string up to an A. What do you think?

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I’m currently working on the next edition of “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing”. I only include a few web links in the book. Are there any you think should be there?