Teaching Sequences · Count It · Draft
Count It · Teaching Sequence · Draft
Counting Rhythms
4/4, straight subdivisions. See the rhythm. Say the count — in the right order. Links arrive when the assignment wrapper ships; the sequence below is the plan.
The steps
Nine steps, in order
Before step 1: students can point to 1-e-&-a on the
grid and clap a steady pulse. Practice mode with the guide visible
covers it.
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Quarters & Pairs
- Quarter · two eighths
- One beat
- Guide visible
- 10 of 12
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Where's the &?
- Rest-entry cells
- One beat
- Guide visible
- 10 of 12
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Pulse & Pairs, No Help
- L1 + L2 mixed
- One beat
- Guide hidden
- 10 of 12
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Beat Numbers Travel
- Full measures
- Guide hidden
- 10 of 12
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Meet the Sixteenths
- e · a · e-a · e-& · four 16ths
- One beat
- Guide visible
- 10 of 12
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Sixteenth Combos
- Dotted-8th+16th and friends
- One beat
- Scaffold, then hide
- 10 of 12
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Silent Doesn't Mean Skip
- Rests vs. held space
- One beat
- Guide hidden
- 10 of 12
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Count It Cold
- All 16 cells
- One beat
- Guide hidden
- 11 of 12
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Full Measures Capstone
- All 16 cells, four beats
- Guide hidden
- 14 of 16
Stretch (later): the capstone again as error-repair —
find the mismatched beat, fix the count. Diagnosing a mistake is harder
than avoiding one.
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