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Lesson 17 2/4 in 12 bars

  • Practice
  • 2/4
  • 72 bpm
  • 12 bars
  • 29 claps
72 bpm

About this exercise

Twelve bars of 2/4 at 72 bpm: the first long reading with eighth notes. The material is that of lessons 11 and 12 (eighth notes on beat 1, on beat 2, on both beats, and quarter rests), arranged in three four-bar phrases, each ending on a half note.

With short bars and a faster tempo, the lines go by quickly. Use each half note to look at the next phrase, and watch bars 6 and 7, where the rest changes place: "1 & [2]" and then "[1] 2 &".

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How to play it

  1. Count-in: the site counts 1 bar before starting ("1 2"). Clap the first note on beat 1 of bar 1.
  2. Reading: read the line on the yellow strip and look ahead to the next one: that's how you read ahead.
  3. Hands together: on notes longer than 1 beat (half note) clap and keep your hands together until the end of the note: hands together = the sound keeps going.
  4. Rests: hands open, no clapping, and keep counting in silence.
  5. Eighth notes: count "1 & 2 &"; the "&" falls exactly in the middle of the beat.

How to practice

  1. Say the count out loud, without clapping, looking at the Bar by bar table.
  2. In Together mode, count and clap at the same time as the character.
  3. In Your turn mode, clap on your own. If it's hard, slow down and then come back.

Goal: ★★★ three times in a row at 72 bpm. Then the lesson is completed.

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Bar by bar

Bold = clap · (n) = don't clap, the sound keeps going (hands together) · [n] = rest, hands open.

Bar Notes Count
1 2 eighth notes, quarter note 1 & 2
2 quarter note, 2 eighth notes 1 2 &
3 4 eighth notes 1 & 2 &
4 half note 1 (2)
5 2 quarter notes 1 2
6 2 eighth notes, quarter rest 1 & [2]
7 quarter rest, 2 eighth notes [1] 2 &
8 half note 1 (2)
9 4 eighth notes 1 & 2 &
10 quarter note, 2 eighth notes 1 2 &
11 2 eighth notes, quarter note 1 & 2
12 half note 1 (2)

Notes used: half note, quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest.