SMD Jack Lima

"This is not easy, but it´s some of the best coordination practice I´ve ever had."

Mark Walker (markwalkerlessons.com)

"Jack Lima and I have both created Dictionaries of Rhythms. I created one for my own use but Jack has made a clear and concise book for musicians to study from.

There seems to be few people who understand the need for a comprehensive study of possible rhythmic patterns. Previously musicians looked at the past, but now perhaps we can begin to look to the future and explore new paths.

I would like to thank Jack for the opportunity to Demonstrate a few of the basic patterns from his Rhythm Dictionary".

Andy Hodges (hohochiheaven.co.uk/rhythmmethod.html"

"The Dictionary of Rhythm is a fantastic resource for any musician or music educator.

There have been many attempts to create a rhythm dictionary, starting with Ted Reed's classic

Syncopation for the Modern Drummer. What sets this book apart is that Jack Lima includes the metrical

context. Rhythms, like words, do not stand alone and most have more than one meaning depending on

the context. Jack Lima creates a new and elegant system for understanding not just the rhythm itself

but the context the rhythm lives in. As a performer and an educator, I find the book an inexhaustible resource for new challenges for both me and my students. The way Jack Lima organized the book makes it easy to use and understand. As a music composer, the book gives me a supply of themes and ways to vary them that I might not

think of myself. In this way, he could call it a Thesaurus of Rhythm as well as a Dictionary of Rhythm."

John Lamb (johnlambdrums.com/")

"It is an unprecedented work, like nothing done before. I doubt that there has ever been anything like it, not only here, but throughout the entire world. It's arduous work, and he must have spent a tremendous amount of time bringing it into existence. With respect to rhythm, I do not know of anything better, more perfect than this.

The significance is, with this book, nothing else needs to be done with regard to rhythm, because everything is included. Everything. And it's so much more than has ever been done through the years, you know? So his book has it all."

Wilson Curia (Brazilian Jazz Piano Teacher)

"Never have music and mathematics been presented as arts so closely combined together. The Dictionary of Rhythm, authored by Jack Lima, impresses with its depth and thoroughness, as musical figures are organized and divided, subdivided, multiplied, going where no method of music theory has gone before. Students and musicians have the task of sounding the rhythm of their interpretations with the same accuracy as the teachings designed here. This work is without a doubt a valuable contribution to the musical world literature."

Paulo Bellinati (Brazil's top contemporary guitarist)

"A Rádio DRJL executa Ritmo puro com melodias aleatórias. Isso faz com que prestemos mais atenção no ritmo do que nas notas, entretanto, aquele que consegue seguir melodias aleatórias, encontra-se no nível máximo de percepção melódica."

Jack Lima (autor do livro Dicionário de Ritmo)