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RHYTHMS WITH NO PAIN

By Marcello Palace
Reading Rhythms - Exercise 1
Minims or Half notes and
q=60
Crotchets or Quarter notes

1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 2
Semibreve or Whole note
q=60

1 2 3 4

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q=60 Rhythms - Exercise 3

Dotted Minim or Dotted Half note

1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 4
q=60 3/4 time signature



1 2 3

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Rhythms - Exercise 5
q=60
Quavers or Eighth notes - part I


1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 6
q=60 Quavers or Eighth notes part II


1 2 3 4

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q=60
Rhythms - Exercise 7
Quavers or Eighth notes - part III

1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 8
Dotted Crotchet or Dotted Quarter note in 4/4
q=60

1 2 3 4

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q=60
Rhythms - Exercise 9
Dotted Crotchet or Dotted Quarter note in 3/4

1 2 3

Rhythms - Exercise 10
q=60 Semiquavers or Sixteenth Notes Part I


1 2 3 4

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Rhythms - Exercise 11
q=60 Semiquavers or Sixteenth Notes Part II


1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 12
q=60 Semiquavers or Sixteenth Notes Part III

1 2 3 4

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Rhythms - Exercise 13
q=60 Dotted quavers or Dotted Eighth Notes

1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 14
q=60
Quaver triplets or Eighth Notes triplets - part I


3

1 2 3 4
3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3



3 3 3

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Rhythms - Exercise 15
q=60 Quaver triplets or Eighth Notes triplets -part II


3

1 2 3 4
3 3 3 3


3 3 3 3


3 3


Rhythms - Exercise 16
Semiquaver-Quaver-Semiquaver or 16th-8th-16th Notes
q=60


1 2 3 4

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Rhythms - Exercise 17
Dotted Crotchet and two semiquavers or
q=60 dotted quarter and two 16th Notes

1 2 3 4

Rhythms - Exercise 18
q=60 Dotted quaver and two semiquavers or

dotted eighth notes followed by two 16th Notes

1 2 3 4

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Rhythms - Exercise 19
q=60 A pick and mix


3

1 2 3 4
3 3 3

3 3

3

Rhythms - Exercise 20
q=60 Crotchet triplets or quarter note triplets

3 3

1 2 3 4
3 3 3 3

3 3 3

3 3

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Reading Rests - Exercise 1
Crotchet and minim rests or Quarter and Half notes rests








1 2 3 4

Reading Rests - Exercise 2

q=60 Quavers and Semibreves rests or
Eighth and whole notes rests

1 2 3 4

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Reading Rests - Exercise 3

q=60 Dotted crotchet rest or

dotted quarter notes rests

1 2 3 4

Reading Rests - Exercise 4

q=70
Crotchet rest or quarter note rests in between

1 2 3 4

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Reading Rests - Exercise 5
q=45 Semiquaver rests or sixteenth note rests

1 2 3 4

Reading Rests - Exercise 6

q=60 Quaver rest between semiquavers
or eighth note rests between sixteenth notes

1 2 3 4

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Reading Rests - Exercise 7

q=50 Pick and mix

1 2 3 4

Reading Rests - Exercise 8

q=60 Quaver triplet rests or Eighth Notes triplet rests

1 2 3 4

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3

3 3


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Reading Ties - Exercise 1
q=80
Crotchet and Minim ties or quarter and half note ties


1 2 3 4

Reading Ties - Exercise 2

q=60
Quaver ties or eighth note ties


1 2 3 4

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Reading Ties - Exercise 3
q=60
Quaver and crotchet ties or quarter and eighth note ties


1 2 3 4

Reading Ties - Exercise 4

q=60
Dotted crotchet-quaver ties or dotted quarter-eighth note ties

1 2 3 4

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Reading Ties - Exercise 5
q=50
Semiquaver ties or sixteenth note ties


1 2 3 4

Reading Ties - Exercise 6

q=60
Rock example



1 2 3 4

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Reading Ties - Exercise 7

Dotted quaver-semiquaver ties or
q=60 dotted eighth-sixteenth note ties

1 2 3 4

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms -

Exercise 1



1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms -

Exercise 2


1 2 3 1 2 3

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms -

Exercise 3


1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms -

Exercise 4

1 2 3 1 2 3

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Rests -

Exercise 1


1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Rests -

Exercise 2

1 2 3 1 2 3

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Rests -
Exercise 3


1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Rests -

Exercise 4

1 2 3 1 2 3

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Ties -

Exercise 1



1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Ties -

Exercise 2

1 2 3 1 2 3

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6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Ties -

Exercise 3


1 2 3 1 2 3

6/8 and Compound Rhythms - Ties -

Exercise 4

1 2 3 1 2 3

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Compound Rhythms - 9/8

Exercise 1


1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3








Compound Rhythms - 9/8
Exercise 2


1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

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Compound Rhythms - 12/8

Exercise 1


1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Compound Rhythms - 12/8
Exercise 2


1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

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