About this exercise
The block B review combines the quarter rest in every position, two rests in the same bar and long notes, now at 72 bpm. Watch bars 3 and 6, which start in silence, and bar 7, with alternating rests.
It is the fastest lesson so far. If needed, do a few rounds at 66 bpm, which count as practice, before trying at the lesson tempo.
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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 | quarter note, quarter rest, 2 quarter notes | 1 [2] 3 4 |
| 2 | half note, quarter note, quarter rest | 1 (2) 3 [4] |
| 3 | quarter rest, 3 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 4 |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 2 [3] 4 |
| 6 | quarter rest, quarter note, half note | [1] 2 3 (4) |
| 7 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note, quarter rest | 1 [2] 3 [4] |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, quarter rest.