For this week's blog post, we're going to do something a bit different. I recently came across this fantastic YouTube video of a Ted Talk that featured famous music education advocate, Richard Gill. I thought it to be so inspiring that I decided to share it in the Vibe Music Academy blog...
Studies Show that Musical Rhythm Correlates to Intelligence.
A couple weeks ago, I heard about a mobile app that tests your ability to hold a steady beat by having you tap the screen along to a metronomic bell sound for 30 seconds. It measures how accurately you tap along, and when you're done it takes your average accuracy and categorizes your score. The top category is called "Elite," and it requires your taps to be within 20 milliseconds of the bell. The app is called the Neurotiming Project (download it here), and it's pretty fun. Being the (overly) confident musician that I am, I figured I could easily rank myself as Elite on my first try...