Rhythm exercise 4-3s

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

Graphic
representation

This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

Usage
of this
figure

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

How to
perform
this
figure

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

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

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

The second and the third

Mental
description

This exercise is written two different ways:
The first line uses ties and the second uses rests.

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

Try this exercise in double swing feel