Rhythm exercise 3-3

Featured figure

Name	Symbol	Duration
One eighth note, one quarter note		1/3 of a beat, 2/3 of a beat

Graphic
representation

This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

Usage
of this
figure

This figure is seldom used.
If ternary rhythm represents 6% of all music, it is present in less than 2% of it.
This is strange, since it is a primary ternary figure.
Your chances of meeting it increase as the tempo decreases.

An anapest is a literary term indicating some imbalance, the end of a word or phrase being stronger that its beginning.
This figure is a musical anapest, because its longest note is placed on the weakest position of the beat.
The historical lack of interest for it attests this reality.

Musical
anapest

How to
perform
this
figure

A: Start by doing this rhythm, using the syllable "Ta".

B: Remove the "T" from the third "Ta" of each beat.

C: Hold the second "Ta" of each beat.

You may have to click the Play button twice
		Tempo 80 bpm		Tempo 110 bpm		Tempo 140 bpm

Count 1, 2, 3, 4, before you start