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Wylie West Pure Gold Beginning Band

Theory Assignment—Advancing Rhythm Notation
This exercise continues what you learned in the first assignment. However, we will now be
adding one additional step.

When counting music, it is important to count not only the beats, but the subdivisions, or
inner beats, between the beats. When tapping your foot, this is represented by the “up”
motion.

To represent the subdivision, we add a dash after each beat, including the last one of each
measure. Notice how the example demonstrates this. Don’t forget about the parentheses
on the rests, and remember to start over at one after each barline!

EXAMPLE:

As on your last assignment, now you will write the correct counting below each note. Be
careful to properly use the dashes and parentheses!

1-
1 2-
2 33- 4
4- 55- 1-
1 (2-)
(2) 33- 44-(5)
(5-) 1 1- 2 2- 3 3-
(4)(4-)5 5-(1)(1-)2 2-3 3-4 4-(5)
(5-)

11- (2)
(2-) 33- 4 5 (6)
4- 5- (6-) 7 7- (1) (2) 33- 44- (5)
(1-)(2-) (5-) 66- 77- (1)
(1-) 22- 33- 44-(5)(5-)6-
6 77-

1 22- 33- (4)

1- (1-) 11- 2 2-(3)
(3-)44- (1) (2) 33- 44-
(1-)(2-) 1 (2) (3) 44-
1- (2-)(3-) 11- (2)
(2-) 33- (4)
(4-)

1- (2-) 3- 1- 2- 3- (1-) (2-) (3-) (1-) 2- (3-) (1-) (2-) 3-

1- 2-(3-) 4- (5-) 6- 7- (8-) (1-)(2-)3- 4- 5- 6-(7-)8- 1- (2-) 3-(4-)(5-)6- (7-) 8-