30 Days to Better Shime temporary site
A totally re-designed version of OnEnsemble.org is currently under construction and the "30 Days to Better Shime" program will move there to its permanent location very soon. In the mean-time, this page contains all the audio files necessary for the program. The daily exercises are archived below as well, as they're made available.
If you are looking to sign up for the program (running the month of June, 2008), please visit OnEnsemble.org/mailman/listinfo/30days. Please note that you do not have to sign up in order to do the program on your own. The files below provide everything you need to do the exercises. You don't need to sign up to ask me questions, either (kris at OnEnsemble dot org). By signing up, however, you receive the exercises in a daily email and work through the program alongside the rest of us.
In case it's of use, my essay, "Thoughts on Practice" is available here.
The worksheets are currently provided in jpg and png formats. The audio files are provided in ogg and mp3 formats. Please use whichever you like. To see why I prefer ogg, see k--b.org/why_ogg.html. If it is more convenient, I have provided tarballs of all 47 ogg tracks and all 47 mp3 tracks so that you can download everything at one time. The high traffic at OnEnsemble.org for the next few days may slow down transfer of large files, in which case it may be easier to only download the specific audio files you need now. Please contact me if you have any questions or difficulty with the files.
DAY 1: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1
file2
file3
file4,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
file3
file4
DAY 2: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 3: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 4: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 5: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 6: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 7: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 8: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 9: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 10: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
DAY 11: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
DAY 12: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
DAY 13: worksheet jpg png, ogg audio file1, mp3 audio file1
DAY 14: worksheet jpg png, ogg audio file1 file2, mp3 audio file1 file2
DAY 15: worksheet jpg png, ogg audio file1, mp3 audio file1
DAY 16: worksheet jpg png, ogg audio file1 file2, mp3 audio file1 file2
DAY 19: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 21: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 22: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 23: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 24: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 25: worksheet jpg png, Rhythm Maker
DAY 26: worksheet
jpg
png,
ogg audio
file1,
mp3 audio
file1
DAY 27: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2
file3,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
file3
DAY 28: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2
file3,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
file3
DAY 29: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2
file3,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
file3
DAY 30: worksheet
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png,
ogg audio
file1
file2
file3
file4
file5
file6,
mp3 audio
file1
file2
file3
file4
file5
file6
FEEDBACK FORM:
Please send me your thoughts by email or snail-mail. Feedback is really helpful!
feedback.pdf
Metronome tracks:
If you don't have a metronome and don't have access to a site like webmetronome.com, you can use these files for practice. They're pretty short, so you'll have to play them on Repeat, and you'll have a little glitch every 25-30 seconds or so.
Ogg-format files:
30days_t34_40bpm.ogg
30days_t35_50bpm.ogg
30days_t36_60bpm.ogg
30days_t37_72bpm.ogg
30days_t38_80bpm.ogg
30days_t39_92bpm.ogg
30days_t40_104bpm.ogg
30days_t41_112bpm.ogg
30days_t42_120bpm.ogg
30days_t43_132bpm.ogg
30days_t44_144bpm.ogg
30days_t45_160bpm.ogg
30days_t46_184bpm.ogg
30days_t47_208bpm.ogg
mp3-format files:
30days_t34_40bpm.mp3
30days_t35_50bpm.mp3
30days_t36_60bpm.mp3
30days_t37_72bpm.mp3
30days_t38_80bpm.mp3
30days_t39_92bpm.mp3
30days_t40_104bpm.mp3
30days_t41_112bpm.mp3
30days_t42_120bpm.mp3
30days_t43_132bpm.mp3
30days_t44_144bpm.mp3
30days_t45_160bpm.mp3
30days_t46_184bpm.mp3
30days_t47_208bpm.mp3
All audio files in one batch (whole month):
Caution: big files... may be slow!
30days_all_audio_ogg.tar
30days_all_audio_mp3.tar
Individual audio files for whole month are coming soon. Original (.wav) audio files and source files for worksheets in SVG format also coming soon...