Three four time signature, dotted notes, ties.
There are three songs here to keep the beat with hand movements while you name the notes. The two first have got a 2/4 time signature and the third one a 3/4 time signature. Pay attention to other symbols indicating tempo, agogics and dynamics and of course, take into account minims, crotchets and quavers. You can use the score, the sound file or a video, depending on the help you need.
Exercise 1: Merrily we roll along- Great Britain
You've got a stave here to keep the beat with hand gestures while you name the notes. Then repeat it while you listen to the sound file to help you feel the key signature and you can also watch the video with the score.
Now we are going to work with the beat using this video. Try to repeat the hand percussion while you listen to the melody. Rehearse till you can do it properly.
Exercise 2: Zeg Moeder, Waar Is Jan?- Netherlands
This is a song to practise 2/4 bars. Look at the stave and say the notes aloud while you keep the beat. Again you have a sound file combining the notes a metronome beat.
Let's do the same as with the previous song. Watch the video and try to repeat the movements while keeping the beat.
Exercise 3: Oh, du lieber Augustin- Germany
Let's keep on working. Pay attention to notes, time signature and all the indications in the score so that you can keep the beat properly. Click on the image to know more about that instrument.
Practise this hand percussion till you do it properly. Don't forget to keep the beat!
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It is a bowed string instrument.
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The sentence is false. The two first songs (Merrily We Roll Along and Zeg Moeder, Waar Is Jan?) should be played at 100 beats per minute while the last song (Oh, Du Lieber Augustin) has a 110 tempo indication.
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The sentence is true. Bars number 2 and 10 and the last one include staccato indications.
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The statement is false. Slurs don't join note and time signatures but notes with different pitches, even if the notes are in different bars.
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The statement is true. The very first note is a dotted one.