About this exercise
The first 8-bar exercise of the level, with two groups of eighth notes in many bars: on beats 1 and 3 (bars 1, 3 and 7) or on beats 2 and 4 (bar 2). In the middle, bars 5 and 6 put four eighth notes in a row, first at the start and then at the end of the bar.
There are 39 claps, almost twice as many as in the previous lessons. Breathe in the resting bars (half notes in bar 4 and a whole note in bar 8) and use them to look at the next line before 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 | 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note | 1 & 2 3 & 4 |
| 2 | quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes | 1 2 & 3 4 & |
| 3 | 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note | 1 & 2 3 & 4 |
| 4 | 2 half notes | 1 (2) 3 (4) |
| 5 | 4 eighth notes, 2 quarter notes | 1 & 2 & 3 4 |
| 6 | 2 quarter notes, 4 eighth notes | 1 2 3 & 4 & |
| 7 | 2 eighth notes, quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter note | 1 & 2 3 & 4 |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note.