About this exercise
A 12-bar reading in 4/4 at 76 bpm. The content is varied: half notes at the start, middle and end of the bar; quarter rests on beats 1, 2, 3 and 4; half rests in both halves of the bar; and a full bar of silence (bar 8).
Since the tempo went up, the tip is to whisper the count during long rests so you don't come back early. Bar 10, which starts with two beats of silence, is the most delicate.
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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 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 3 | quarter rest, 3 quarter notes | [1] 2 3 4 |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | 2 quarter notes, quarter rest, quarter note | 1 2 [3] 4 |
| 6 | half note, half rest | 1 (2) [3] [4] |
| 7 | quarter note, half note, quarter note | 1 2 (3) 4 |
| 8 | whole rest | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| 9 | 4 quarter notes | 1 2 3 4 |
| 10 | half rest, half note | [1] [2] 3 (4) |
| 11 | quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note, quarter rest | 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.