Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

2. Celtic session tune (J. Walsh)
   Using measure numbers, explain how the music repeats. __


3. Songs Without Words, Op. 53, No. 4 (F. Mendelssohn)

How many slurs does Mendelssohn use?___
How many ties does Mendelssohn use?____

4. Piano Sonata, Op. 28 (Fourth Movement) (L.v. Beethoven)

Write the counts below each clef. First, tap the bass staff rhythm with your left hand, then the treble staff rhythm
with your right hand. Finally, tap both parts together. Identify the rhythmic device Beethoven uses that
complicates the tapping with two hands. ____

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RHYTHM: COMPOUND METER

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

OR 1 (2 3) 4 5 6 1 (2 3) ( 4 5) 6

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

OR 7 8 9 1 (2 3 4 ) 5 6 7 8 9

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