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


             
f 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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q=60
Rhythms - Exercise 19
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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q=45
Reading Rests - Exercise 5
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


   
3

           
1 2 3 4

 
                 
3 3 3 3

 
           
3 3 3 3

      

 
3

3 3
 
       
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q=80 Reading Ties - Exercise 1

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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q=50 Reading Ties - Exercise 5

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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