Skills · Pulse & rhythm

Four notes in one beat

Count 1–e–and–a; change grouping without changing the beat.

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  1. Lesson 43

    Two, three, four, then back to one

    Change the number of notes per beat bar by bar, keeping a shared pulse.

    In Course 09 · Changing gears

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  2. Lesson 45

    Gear-change checkpoint

    Change note grouping within the same bar.

    In Course 09 · Changing gears

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  3. Lesson 108

    Sixteenths: four parts of a beat

    Divide the beat into four equal parts.

    In Piano for adults · Book 2

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  4. Lesson 109

    Dotted eighths: long three, short one

    Tell the 3:1 ratio apart from two even eighths.

    In Piano for adults · Book 2

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