Grouping in any time
Show the beats
Group notes and rests so every beat can be seen. Beams stay inside a beat, and a silent compound beat is one dotted rest.
Quick check
In , a crotchet starts beat 1 and the rest of the bar is silent. Why two crotchet rests before the dotted minim rest?
Semiquavers in threes
In , and , semiquavers are beamed in threes, one beam to each dotted quaver beat.
Quick check
In , how are nine semiquavers beamed?
Remember
- Every beat seen: beams inside a beat.
- The 16ths: semiquavers in threes.