About this exercise
The quarter rest visits all three positions of the 3/4 bar: beat 3 in bar 1, beat 2 in bar 2 and beat 1 in bar 3. Bar 4 combines a half note and a rest, and the second half of the exercise repeats the positions in a different order.
In 3/4 a rest on beat 1 is especially delicate, because 1 is the strongest beat of the bar. Count it firmly even without clapping, so the clap on 2 doesn't sound like the start of the 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 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest | 1 2 [3] |
| 2 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 [2] 3 |
| 3 | quarter rest, 2 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 |
| 4 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
| 5 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 6 | quarter rest, 2 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 |
| 7 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 [2] 3 |
| 8 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
Notes used: half note, quarter note, quarter rest.