Lesson 32 Eighth notes on beats 2 and 4
- Practice
- 4/4
- 72 bpm
- 8 bars
- 33 claps
About this exercise
The previous lesson's pattern, shifted: now the eighth notes sit on beats 2 and 4, "1 2 & 3 4 &". The structure of the exercise is the same (four bars with the pattern, two variations with a half note and two whole notes), but the feel changes a lot.
With eighth notes on beat 4, the last clap of each bar falls on the "&", half a beat before the next 1. It is easy to rush the next bar. Listen for the click of 1 and only clap when it arrives.
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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 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 & 3 4 & |
| 2 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 & 3 4 & |
| 3 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, half note | 1 2 & 3 (4) |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 & 3 4 & |
| 6 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 7 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 & 3 4 & |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note.