Meter: Patterning
Goal: To hear time signatures as groups of beats with varying weights.
Out of Tempo
Beginning
- Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times.
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times in different locations across their body.
- Students repeat.
Advanced
- Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times in different locations and counts the beats.
- Students repeat.
In Tempo
Sung numbers, letters, solfege, or counts
Beginning
- Teacher sings numbers “1, 2" or "1, 2, 3" or "1, 2, 3, 4” and claps only on the downbeat.
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Teacher sings one note and claps the number of beats in a measure.
- Students repeat.
Advanced
Two or more measure phrases
- Teacher sings, “1, 2, then 2, 2” (or "1, 2, 3, then 2, 2, 3") while clapping on the downbeat only.
- Students repeat.