There are few musical building blocks as foundational as time and rhythm. Mastery of each is critical to both giving polished-sounding performances and being a great ensemble player. Addressing such broad concerns can sometimes be intimidating, and leave one searching for a place from which to start, so I'm going to share a pair of my go-to approaches for making improvements in these areas. While closely related, I approach time and rhythm separately. To me, time is the overa