For all you keen rappers that want to get started, first thing you need to know is exactly what a bar is. A bar is a musical measurement of rhythm and knowing how to count them will help you rhyme with them. All music is split into bars and beats, you need to know that to make your masterpiece! So here's how you do it, it's really not hard, here's a simple method for counting out bars. This is how you count fast just count to four. One two, three, four! That is one bar. Now count some more! One, two, three, four!
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Now time for you to try, clap along with me. And if you do it right you'll be on beat. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
What's good about this is it's a good way to teach your child about rhythm, which can help with their speech! Help your child to listen and move to the beat, a little head nod or tapping their feet. This helps coordination, which they use to crawl, to walk, to write, to catch a ball! One, two, three, four! And by finding new words that sound alike. Repeat with your little one and share the mic. It's something that your child can join in too. And learn face to face while they clap with you. One, two, three, four. So now you know the technique because you listened. Get your pad and pen and write bars to the rhythm. One, two, three, four!
Counting bars is a key skill in rap, being able to work out the beat and write to the rhythm.
Rhythm is important for children's coordination and language learning too.
