Daniel Laberge

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

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

 

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


 

Try this exercise in double swing feel
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