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Musica

Clapping and counting may be a little hard at first, but you'll get the hang of it. Here's what you do. Download the following midi file and start playing it.

Beat.mid

You'll, hear a higher pitched sound every four beats. This indicates the start of the measure. Each beat worth one quarter note. Remember that. Now start counting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Remember to count one on the higher pitched note. Keep repeating it. Also, remember not to close the midi file...you'll need it later.

Keep, counting and don't stop. Once you feel comfortable with your counting, go ahead and concentrate on the above picture of a bar (group of measures). You see the numbers under the notes? That's your counting. Go ahead and clap wherever you see a note, and don't stop counting. Keep repeating until you think you got it perfectly.

If, you're done and think you got it perfectly correct. Go ahead and listen to the following correct MIDI File. Your clap should go where the piano note is played.

If, you got it right, Congratulations! If not, try it again. You'll get it soon enough. Once you've gotten it right, don't count up to eight, but now count up to four and repeat it. So you'll now say 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.