About this exercise
Now the eighth notes appear in a fixed place: always on beat 1. Bars 1 and 2 are the same (two eighth notes and three quarter notes), bar 3 ends with a half note and bar 4 is a whole note. Starting the bar with two quick claps is an accuracy test: both must fit inside the first beat.
The most common mistake is "stretching" the eighth notes and arriving late on beat 2. Think "1 & 2 3 4": the second clap is the "&", and right after it comes the click of 2, with no gap.
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How to play it
- Count-in: the site counts 1 bar before starting ("1 2 3 4"). Clap the first note on beat 1 of bar 1.
- Reading: read the line on the yellow strip and look ahead to the next one: that's how you read ahead.
- Hands together: on notes longer than 1 beat (half note and whole note) clap and keep your hands together until the end of the note: hands together = the sound keeps going.
- Eighth notes: count "1 & 2 &"; the "&" falls exactly in the middle of the beat.
How to practice
- Say the count out loud, without clapping, looking at the Bar by bar table.
- In Together mode, count and clap at the same time as the character.
- In Your turn mode, clap on your own. If it's hard, slow down and then come back.
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, 3 quarter notes | 1 & 2 3 4 |
| 2 | 2 eighth notes, 3 quarter notes | 1 & 2 3 4 |
| 3 | 2 eighth notes, quarter note, half note | 1 & 2 3 (4) |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note.