About this exercise
The 8 bars are organized into two 4-bar phrases, and each phrase ends with a whole note (bars 4 and 8). The idea is to start reading the way a musician reads: not note by note, but in groups that make sense.
Notice that the first phrase starts with quarter notes and the second starts with half notes: both have the same length and the same ending, but different paths. When you reach the whole note in bar 4, use its four beats of hands together to look at the next phrase.
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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 | 4 quarter notes | 1 2 3 4 |
| 2 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 3 | 4 quarter notes | 1 2 3 4 |
| 4 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
| 5 | 2 half notes | 1 (2) 3 (4) |
| 6 | 2 quarter notes, half note | 1 2 3 (4) |
| 7 | half note, 2 quarter notes | 1 (2) 3 4 |
| 8 | whole note | 1 (2) (3) (4) |
Notes used: whole note, half note, quarter note.