Rhythm exercise 4-3s

Rhythm exercise4-3s

Featured figure

Name	Symbols	Duration
One sixteenth note rest, one sixteenth note, one eighth note		¼ of a beat, ¼ of a beat, ½ a beat
x tied to two sixteenth notes, one eighth note		¼ of a beat, ¼ of a beat, ½ a beat

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This figure is a major musical anapest.
It is "backwards" like.
With its unexpected start and its final long note, it leaves a feeling of imbalance.
It was popularized at the beginning of the twentieth century.