About this exercise
The odd-numbered bars have a quarter rest, each time on a different beat (4, 1, 2 and 3), and the even-numbered bars are all whole notes. So every bar with a rest is followed by four beats of hands together to rest and look at the next one.
It is also the first lesson with rests at 66 bpm. Pay attention to the entry after each whole note, especially in bar 3, which starts in silence right after four beats without a clap.
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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.
- Rests: hands open, no clapping, and keep counting in silence.
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, quarter rest | 1 2 3 [4] |
| 2 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 3 | quarter rest, 3 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 4 |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | quarter note, quarter rest, 2 quarter notes | 1 [2] 3 4 |
| 6 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 7 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 2 [3] 4 |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, quarter note, quarter rest.