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Feel the beat
One more look at what you missed.
Listen, and let your foot tap along.
This is the start of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
What your foot found is the beat.
A beat is one of a row of moments, evenly spaced, running under the music. All the beats together are the pulse.
Here is the beat on its own, with no tune.
It runs at the same speed as the tune. Each sound is one beat.
In this tune, where does each note fall?
To keep the beat, tap with it, not after it.
Listen to a few beats, then feel when the next one will come. If you wait to hear it, you are already late.
First come four high clicks, then the beat.
The high clicks show you the speed. When the lower clicks start, tap on every one of them.
The very first time, eight practice clicks measure your device. Tap with those too.
Early is rushing. Late is dragging.
After each round, the result says which way your taps leaned. Fix the lean first, and the score follows.
Same beat, a little faster. Watch whether your taps lean early or late.
You can feel the beat.
What you learned
- Under the music runs a steady beat, evenly spaced.
- Keeping the beat means tapping with it, not after it.
- Tapping early is rushing; tapping late is dragging.
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