Skills · Pulse & rhythm

Long–short & ties

Keep the dotted ratio and hold the sound through ties without replaying.

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  1. Lesson 35

    Canon with dotted rhythms

    Play one phrase in both hands with different entry times.

    In Course 07 · Canon echoes

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  2. Lesson 54

    Dotted notes and eighths

    Hold the dotted quarter for a beat and a half.

    In Piano for adult beginners

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  3. Lesson 107

    Greensleeves: a short 6/8 phrase

    Play long–short and dotted rhythms within two groups of three.

    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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  5. Lesson 165

    An unsent letter

    Dotted notes and ties holding the sound

    In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces

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  6. Lesson 173

    First Light

    Sing a bright melody over a bass that walks on every beat.

    In My compositions

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