OpenBass · TKDM rhythm tool
Hear the shape.
Lock the groove.
Turn every sixteenth-note combination into a syllable you can feel. Read it, say it, and loop it until the building blocks become automatic.
1Ta
eKa
&Di
aMi
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Say the pattern out loud
Listen for the attacks, then say the syllables · Space to play · R to reveal · N for next
A positional language
Four places.
Four syllables.
Takadimi names where an attack lands inside the beat. Ta is always the downbeat; Ka, Di, Mi divide the space evenly after it.
Start by whispering all four syllables and accenting the written attacks. Then remove the silent syllables. You’ll begin to recognize each rhythm as one shape, not a calculation.
Try thisTa — Di Mi
The familiar eighth + two sixteenths. One beat, one rhythmic word.
Your vocabulary