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Meter: Patterning



Goal: To hear time signatures as groups of beats with varying weights.


Out of Tempo

Beginning

  1. Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times.
  2. Students repeat.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times in different locations across their body.
  2. Students repeat.

Advanced

  1. Teacher claps 2, 3, or 4 times in different locations and counts the beats.
  2. Students repeat.

In Tempo

Sung numbers, letters, solfege, or counts

Beginning

  1. Teacher sings numbers “1, 2" or "1, 2, 3" or "1, 2, 3, 4” and claps only on the downbeat.
  2. Students repeat.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher sings one note and claps the number of beats in a measure.
  2. Students repeat.

Advanced

Two or more measure phrases

  1. Teacher sings, “1, 2, then 2, 2” (or "1, 2, 3, then 2, 2, 3") while clapping on the downbeat only.
  2. Students repeat.