About this exercise
For the first time the exercise is thought of as music: bars 1 to 4 form a question and bars 5 to 8 an answer. Both phrases end with a whole note, and the answer starts with a half note, in contrast with the question, which starts with quarter notes.
Try clapping the first phrase with a bit more intention, like asking something, and the second like a conclusion. Feeling the whole phrase helps you not get lost in the middle of the reading.
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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.
- 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 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 3 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note, quarter rest | 1 [2] 3 [4] |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | half note, quarter note, quarter rest | 1 (2) 3 [4] |
| 6 | quarter rest, quarter note, half note | [1] 2 3 (4) |
| 7 | 3 quarter notes, quarter rest | 1 2 3 [4] |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, quarter rest.