About this exercise
Another 12-bar reading, now at 72 bpm. The layout changes compared to lesson 28: alternating rests in bar 2, entries after silence in bars 4 and 7, a full bar of rest in bar 8 and a half note in the middle of bar 9.
The faster tempo makes long notes shorter on the clock, so your inner count has to keep up. Also watch the whole note in bar 3: it comes right after a bar full of rests and calls for firmly joined hands.
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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 | half note, 2 quarter notes | 1 (2) 3 4 |
| 2 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note, quarter rest | 1 [2] 3 [4] |
| 3 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 4 | half rest, 2 quarter notes | [1] [2] 3 4 |
| 5 | 4 quarter notes | 1 2 3 4 |
| 6 | 2 quarter notes, half rest | 1 2 [3] [4] |
| 7 | quarter rest, quarter note, half note | [1] 2 3 (4) |
| 8 | whole rest | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| 9 | quarter note, half note, quarter note | 1 2 (3) 4 |
| 10 | half note, half rest | 1 (2) [3] [4] |
| 11 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 2 [3] 4 |
| 12 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note, whole rest, half rest, quarter rest.