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Lesson 50 Beginner 2 test

  • Level test
  • 4/4
  • 88 bpm
  • 20 bars
  • 72 claps
88 bpm

About this exercise

The Beginner 2 test: 20 bars of 4/4 at 88 bpm, 72 claps, the longest and fastest exercise of the level. It covers eighth notes in every position, dotted half notes at the start and at the end of the bar, quarter rests, half rests and a whole bar of silence (bar 12).

At 88 bpm each eighth note lasts about a third of a second, and the whole exercise takes almost a minute. Practice the hard phrases separately, then the whole test more slowly, and only then try it at tempo. Three times in a row with 3 stars and Beginner 2 is complete.

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How to play it

  1. Count-in: the site counts 1 bar before starting ("1 2 3 4"). 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, dotted half note and whole 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 88 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 4 quarter notes 1 2 3 4
2 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note 1 & 2 3 & 4
3 dotted half note, quarter note 1 (2) (3) 4
4 whole note 1 (2) (3) (4)
5 4 eighth notes, half note 1 & 2 & 3 (4)
6 quarter rest, 2 eighth notes, 2 quarter notes [1] 2 & 3 4
7 quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes 1 2 & 3 4 &
8 half note, half rest 1 (2) [3] [4]
9 6 eighth notes, quarter note 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
10 quarter note, dotted half note 1 2 (3) (4)
11 2 eighth notes, quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note 1 & 2 [3] 4
12 whole rest [1] [2] [3] [4]
13 quarter note, 2 eighth notes, half note 1 2 & 3 (4)
14 4 eighth notes, 2 quarter notes 1 & 2 & 3 4
15 dotted half note, 2 eighth notes 1 (2) (3) 4 &
16 whole note 1 (2) (3) (4)
17 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note 1 & 2 3 & 4
18 quarter note, quarter rest, 2 eighth notes, quarter note 1 [2] 3 & 4
19 4 eighth notes, half note 1 & 2 & 3 (4)
20 whole note 1 (2) (3) (4)

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