Rhythm exercise 4-6

Featured figure

Name	Symbol	Duration
One sixteenth note, one half note, one sixteenth note		¼ of a beat, ½ a beat, ¼ of a beat

Graphic
representation

This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

Usage
of this
figure

Here is another figure that came out of the rhythm revolution of the 1970s.
With its long note on the second sixteenth note, here is one more musical anapest.

This figure and the preceding one comprise sixteenth note syncopations.
These syncopations are comparable to the eighth note ones we've seen, except that they go twice faster.

Eighth note and
sixteenth note
syncopations


Eighth note syncopations without and with ending	Sixteenth note syncopations without and with ending

How to
perform
this
figure

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

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

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

One short, one long, one short

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

Try this exercise in double swing feel