One dotted eighth note rest,
one sixteenth note

¾ of a beat,
¼ of a beat 

x tied to a dotted eighth note,
one sixteenth note

¾ of a beat,
¼ of a beat 

This secondary figure is well balanced since the silence at the start is long enough.
Its popularization, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, beats three primary figures.
The only note in this figure often serves as a short pick-up for the following phrase.

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

B: Transform the first, second and third "Ta" into a "Tu".

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

The fourth

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