Thinking Behind Excercises

[Sinder]

Hello,
Does anyone want to share their stream of thought about doing exercises,
for example while doing Interval Identification, as i read before on this forum, most successful way is to compare it with a melody you know.

But what about Rhythm imitation? As i see it, there are two ways of trying to do that:
1. Just remembering the rhythm as it sounds, it works fine for me for 1 or 2 bars, but starting with 3 bars, i start to mix the order of bars and the notes.
2. Counting the beats, and memorizing the rhythm in more of a note way, but problem here is that in mind the beats i count mix the ones i try to remember.

I know i will figure it out and improve my memory, but it would be nice to hear your opinions, (for other exercises as well)

[maddox6]

Both methods you mentioned are great starting points. It might be helpful to combine them by first internalizing the rhythm naturally and then focusing on the tricky parts where counting or subdividing the beats becomes necessary. Using a metronome could also help solidify your sense of timing over longer passages.