Letʼs Feel the Rhythm....
First you will need to tap the beat with your foot (you can choose whatever tempo you
want, but I would suggest that you keep it fairly steady).
Note: you can listen to the audio clips of each example at
http://www.learnhowtoreadsheetmusic.com/lesson-four-audio/
OK.. so start tapping the beat with your foot....
Now youʼre tapping a beat with your foot weʼre going to clap some rhythms with our hands.
Letʼs start with the easiest combination.....
Clap quarter notes (crotchets) - these will occur on every beat (Iʼve marked the beat with a
“<“ in the following examples).
""Track 1Now we can go one of 2 ways....
1.We can increase the frequency of claps
Put in 8th notes (quavers) - these fall on every half a beat
" Track 2Increase the frequency some more....
Put in 16th notes (semiquavers) - these fall on every quarter of a beat
Track 3Increase the frequency some more....