Author: Jim Carabetta
Date: 1999-09-15 12:24
A dotted-quarter followed by an eighth, if you're a foot-tapper, would be played by holding the tone until your foot strikes twice, then playing the eighth as your foot goes up after the second strike. 1 (down/up), 2 (down)- AND (up=the eighth).. If your using a metronome, I'd suggest setting it to click with each beat, using it in conjunction with foot-tapping, with your foot striking the floor with each click. Also, have your instructor play it correctly as you tap your foot with him/her - once you're comfortable with the change, then you play it.
Your instructor is correct about the count - the director can change the tempo at will, meaning you must change the rapidity of your foot, but still play in relation to the new "beat", where, in 4/4 for example, a quarternote is still one beat, although the beats now come more rapidly.
An eighth followed by a quarter is a syncopated rhythym: 1 (down), AND 2 (up/down), AND (up) or AND 3(up/down) depending on the next note being an eighth or a quarter... remember, a quarter note is equal to two half-beats, usually a downbeat and an up, but it can also be an upbeat and a down, as in the rhythym you described.
For 16ths, I use the potato method for my students. Way back when, in chosing sides for games, selection was made by "one potato, two potato, three potato, four". Counting that way is an easy way to handle 16ths and count beats in the measure - each beat being a "1-potato", or "2-potato" or so on, with each syllable representing a note.
Good luck.
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