Rhythm Imitation - Is Transcribing Cheating?

[bparham79]

Hi Ear Master Community,

I was doing great on the rhythm imitations until the program jumped from one bar to two bars, which felt like a quantum leap for my brain.

And now, I'm stuck on two bar rhythm imitations in 4/4. I just can't seem to remember two whole bars of rhythmic variation.

That being said, is it cheating to transcribe the rhythms on paper?

Thanks,

-B

[Quentin]

It is not directly cheating, as you are still training your abilities to memorize rhythmical patterns, but it is a lot like training rhythm dictation