About this exercise
Here the half note always appears at the end of the bar, on beats 3 and 4. The "short, short, long" pattern repeats in three of the four bars and creates the feeling of a phrase that ends at rest.
The main thing to watch is the move from beat 4 to beat 1 of the next bar: with your hands together holding the half note, it is easy to be late for the next clap. Count the "4" clearly and come in firmly on "1".
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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) clap and keep your hands together until the end of the note: hands together = the sound keeps going.
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, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 2 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 3 | 4 quarter notes | 1 2 3 4 |
| 4 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
Notes used: half note, quarter note.