About this exercise
The opposite of lesson 46: here almost everything is a long note. There are five whole notes and many half notes, with few quarter notes and no rests.
The hard part isn't clapping, it's waiting: keeping your hands together for the right length and releasing at the exact moment, without rushing the next clap. Since most of the time no clap marks the pulse, this is a great exercise for feeling it inside.
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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.
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 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 2 | 2 half notes | 1 (2) 3 (4) |
| 3 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 4 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 5 | 2 half notes | 1 (2) 3 (4) |
| 6 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 7 | half note, 2 quarter notes | 1 (2) 3 4 |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 9 | quarter note, half note, quarter note | 1 2 (3) 4 |
| 10 | 2 half notes | 1 (2) 3 (4) |
| 11 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 12 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note.