WORKBOOK: MODULE 8
Exercise 8.5
Compose rhythms to fill measures that are left blank.
- Use a combination of notes or rests that are similar to those in surrounding measures.
- It is usually most satisfying if rhythms begin slowly and progressively speed up. Ending with a longer note
value gives a sense of finality. - Write in the counts; clap.
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- Compose your own two-hand rhythm in compound meter. Write the time signature at the beginning of the
first line. Notate the right-hand rhythms above the line and stem them up; notate the left-hand rhythms
below the line and stem them down. If hands alternate, indicate rests as required. See page 204 for examples.
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