About this exercise
The half note enters 3/4 and can sit at the start (beats 1 and 2) or at the end of the bar (beats 2 and 3). Bars 2 and 4 show both positions, and bars 5 and 6 repeat them back to back. Since only one beat is left besides the half note, each bar is either "long, short" or "short, long".
Notice how the half note at the end of the bar (bars 4 and 6) creates the typical waltz swing, with weight on 1 and the long note "pushing" into the next bar.
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How to play it
- Count-in: the site counts 1 bar before starting ("1 2 3"). 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) 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 | 1 2 3 |
| 2 | half note, quarter note | 1 (2) 3 |
| 3 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 4 | quarter note, half note | 1 2 (3) |
| 5 | half note, quarter note | 1 (2) 3 |
| 6 | quarter note, half note | 1 2 (3) |
| 7 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 8 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
Notes used: half note, quarter note, quarter rest.