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Rests in time
Keep each rest exact and enter the note after it on time.
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- Lesson 27
Syncopation with chord changes
R eighth notes with rests; L changes chords on beats 1 and 3.
Open → - Lesson 40
Little blues stage
Keep the shuffle under a blues phrase with rests.
Open → - Lesson 47
A phrase with a breath
Choose a phrase with a rest; the left hand carries on through the breath.
In Course 10 · Phrase workshop
Open → - Lesson 53
Rests on the beat
Rest in the right place while the beat carries on.
Open → - Lesson 180
Complete piece: Hot Cross Buns
Your first complete piece: all eight bars, keeping the beat through long notes, eighths and rests.
Open → - Lesson 73
Block chords, resting to prepare
The chord sounds as one; release on beat 4 to prepare.
Open → - Lesson 86
Rhythm check before moving on
A first-run check, without listening to the example or practising first.
Open → - Lesson 90
Shifting position in a two-beat rest
Lift and move to G position during the rest, without delaying the first note.
Open → - Lesson 178
Quiet Roads
A slow, simple song: the melody enters after a rest, the left hand rolls four quarter notes.
Open → - Lesson 179
Offbeat Light
Offbeat pop: the right hand lands after the beat while the left hand keeps the beat.
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