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Rhythm

Every note and rest from Grade 1 plus the dotted semibreve and dotted rests, the time signatures 2/2, 3/2, 4/2 and 3/8, triplets, and notes and rests grouped to show the beats.

Start: Notes, rests and dots: a recapAbout 3 min

Tap the rhythms in the music trainers

Lessons

  1. Notes, rests and dots: a recap
  2. The dotted semibreve and dotted rests
  3. The bottom number is the beat
  4. Minim beats
  5. Quaver beats: 3/8
  6. Completing a bar in the new times
  7. Triplets
  8. Ties and grouping rests
  9. Grouping notes in the new times

Practise and test

Covers the ABRSM Music Theory syllabus. ABRSM is a trade mark of its owner; Brainlag is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ABRSM. Every example and question is original. Results are Brainlag estimates, not exam results.