Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Beams

To show the pulse note in compound meter, notes are beamed into groups in the following ways:

• Beam notes of similar value together to equal one main pulse.


• Beam different note values together into groups to equal one main pulse.


• Do notbeam notes together from different main beats; only beam notes together that occur in the same main
  pulse.

Exercise 3

In the following exercises, write the time signature on the empty staff below and rewrite the melody, changing
the flags of single eighth notes to beams when appropriate. Group eighth notes so that they equal the dotted
quarter note, or a total of three eighth notes.

Example: Violin Concerto (Third Movement) (L.v. Beethoven)

RHYTHM: COMPOUND METER

197

6

8 EEEEEE œœœœœœ

6

8

becomes

86 œœœœœœœœ œœ

1 2

86 œœœœœœœœ œœ

1 2

becomes

(^68) œ œœœœ
1 2
6
8 QEEQ
1 2
becomes