About this exercise
Completing the tour of the bar, the eighth notes sit on beat 4: "1, 2, 3, 4 &". There are three identical bars and a whole note at the end. This is the trickiest position, because the "&" of 4 is the last clap before the next bar.
The tendency is for the second eighth note to "pull" the next beat 1 earlier or, the other way round, for the hurry to reach 1 to cut the "&" short. Count out loud and listen for the click of 1 arriving in the right place, neither early nor late.
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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 (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 | 3 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 3 4 & |
| 2 | 3 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 3 4 & |
| 3 | 3 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 3 4 & |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, quarter note, eighth note.