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Rhythm and meter
Quarters and eighths, the dotted half, triplets, syncopation, then the meter of a few bars.
Quarters and eighths
One bar of 4/4 at a time. Pick the bar you heard: quarter notes, half notes and pairs of eighths.
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A half note with a dot lasts three beats. Tell it from the halves and quarters it's easily mistaken for.
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Three notes in the time of two: triplets next to plain quarters and eighths.
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Eighths that land off the beat and hold over it, next to the plain bars they shift.
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A few bars of clicks with each bar's first beat louder. Name the meter.
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