Lesson 21 Dotted half note in 3/4
- Introduction
- 3/4
- 60 bpm
- 8 bars
- 15 claps
- New: augmentation dot; dotted half note
About this exercise
A new note: the dotted half note, which lasts 3 beats. The dot after the note adds half of its value, and 2 + 1 = 3. In 3/4 it fills the whole bar, so the exercise alternates bars of three quarter notes with bars of a single dotted half note.
It is the same gesture as the whole note in 4/4, only shorter: clap on 1 and keep your hands together through "2, 3". The typical mistake is opening your hands too early, on beat 3, out of habit from the half note. Count "1, 2, 3" out loud until the end of each note.
Before you start
The augmentation dot, placed after the note, adds half of its value. Half note (2) + dot (1) = dotted half note, 3 beats: in 3/4 it fills the whole bar. Clap on 1 and keep your hands together for 3 beats.
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How to play it
- Count-in: the site counts 1 bar before starting ("1 2 3"). 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 dotted half note) clap and keep your hands together until the end of the note: hands together = the sound keeps going.
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 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 2 | dotted half note | 1 (2) (3) |
| 3 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 4 | dotted half note | 1 (2) (3) |
| 5 | half note, quarter note | 1 (2) 3 |
| 6 | dotted half note | 1 (2) (3) |
| 7 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 8 | dotted half note | 1 (2) (3) |
Notes used: dotted half note, half note, quarter note.