Rhythm exercise 4-2

Featured figure

Name	Symbol	Duration
One eighth note, two sixteenth notes		½ a beat, ¼ of a beat, ¼ of a beat

Graphic
representation

This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

Usage
of this
figure

This figure has appeared around the Middle Ages.
It was the first possibility derived from the master figure.
This is easy to understand since the omission of the second sixteenth note, already the weakest of the group, only serves to reinforce the first.

How to
perform
this
figure

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

B: Transform the second "Ta" into a "Tu".

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

One long, two short

Mental
description

You may have to click the Play button twice
		Tempo 70 bpm		Tempo 90 bpm		Tempo 110 bpm