About this exercise
The half note now starts on beat 2, away from where the ear usually expects a long note, and it crosses the middle of the bar. Bars 1 and 2 repeat the "short, long, short" pattern; bars 3 and 4 bring back the positions you already know (start and end), so you can compare all three in the same exercise.
Compare how the three places feel: at the start of the bar, the half note sounds like a support; at the end, like a rest point; in the middle, like a push that crosses the bar and leaves beat 4 with a clap on its own.
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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 | quarter note, half note, quarter note | 1 2 (3) 4 |
| 2 | quarter note, half note, quarter note | 1 2 (3) 4 |
| 3 | half note, 2 quarter notes | 1 (2) 3 4 |
| 4 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
Notes used: half note, quarter note.