About this exercise
The block D review is entirely in 3/4, at 76 bpm, and combines the half note at the start and end of the bar, the quarter rest in all three positions and the half rest (bar 7). The "half note and rest" bar comes back several times (4, 8 and 12) and works as the end of a phrase.
It is the fastest tempo so far. If you need to, go up gradually: 66, 70 and only then 76, aiming for the same precision at every step.
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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 | quarter rest, 2 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 |
| 4 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
| 5 | quarter note, half note | 1 2 (3) |
| 6 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 [2] 3 |
| 7 | half rest, quarter note | [1] [2] 3 |
| 8 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
| 9 | 3 quarter notes | 1 2 3 |
| 10 | half note, quarter note | 1 (2) 3 |
| 11 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest | 1 2 [3] |
| 12 | half note, quarter rest | 1 (2) [3] |
Notes used: half note, quarter note, half rest, quarter rest.