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  Rhythm exercise 4-3  

 
   Featured figure
Name
Symbol
Duration
Two sixteenth notes,
one eighth note


¼ of a beat,
¼ of a beat,
½ a beat 

 

Graphic
representation

 


This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

 

Usage
of this
figure

You don't see this figure often in classical music.
It has only appeared, in popular culture, in the twentieth century
This figure corresponds fully to the definition of an anapest; two short, one long.
So this figure is another "backwards" rhythm.

 

 

 

How to
perform
this
figure

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

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

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

 
 
The three first
Mental
description

 

You may have
to click the
Play button
twice

Tempo 70 bpm Tempo 90 bpm Tempo 110 bpm
 
  Count 1, 2, 3, 4, before you start   

 

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