Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Pattern 3 Pattern 4

Pattern 5 Pattern 6

Exercise 2—Class Exercise

The musical examples below use the six patterns of Exercise 1. Above each note write the number of beats for

each note value (1,^1 ⁄ 2 , or^1 ⁄ 4 ) and notate the counts below.

1. “Ali Shan Zi Ge” (“The Song of Ali Mountain”) (You-Li Huang), Chinese folk song


2. “Fantasy” (M. White, V. White, E. Barrio)

# of beats^1 ⁄ 2 1 ⁄ 4 1 ⁄ 4 1 1 ⁄ 2 1 ⁄ 4 1 ⁄ 4 1 1 ⁄ 2 1 ⁄ 2 1 ⁄ 2

Count: (4) + a 1 (2) + a 3 (4) + a

RHYTHM: SIMPLE METER EXPANDED

œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ Sixteenth note = œ¼œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

# of beats:

Count: 1 e + (a) 2 e + (a) 3 e + (a)

OR: 1 e + 2 e + 3 e +

# of beats:

Count: 1 (e) + a 2 (e) + a 3 (e) + a

OR: 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a

œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ

# of beats:

Count: 1 (e +) a 2 (e +) a 3 (e +) a

OR: 1 (+) a 2 (+) a 3 (+) a

OR: 1 a 2 a 3 a

œ. œ œ. œ œ. œ Dotted eighth =

œœœœœœœœœœœœ Sixteenth note = ¼

# of beats:

Count: 1 (e +) a 2 (e +) a 3 (e +) a

OR: 1 (+) a 2 (+) a 3 (+) a

OR: 1 a 2 a 3 a

œ. œ œœ. œœ. Dotted eighth =

# of beats: 2

Count: 1 + a 2 + a 1 (2) 1 +

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