{"id":1476,"date":"2020-11-24T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T22:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:07:38","slug":"quadruple-and-triple-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/quadruple-and-triple-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadruple and Triple Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another reaction game, this time with a musical signal. You will hear music in a meter of 4 (e.g. 4\/4). If you hear a division of 3 on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> beat, the next measure will be in a meter of 3 (e.g. 3\/4), for one measure only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many possible ways to interact with this recording. If moving through space, try stepping on 1 and lightly playing  drum, sticks, etc., or just silently clapping, on the other beats. For more of a challenge, do the reverse: play\/clap on 1 and step the other beats of the measure. Be sure to take advantage of all the space (high, low, diagonals, back, front&#8230;) around you. If sitting, you could assign these roles to your left and right hands or simply conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One note of warning: I did quite a few takes of this recording, many of which I liked but each of which contained at least one error. I finally decided not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This means that there will be at least one place in the recording that you will wish to give me \u201cthe fish eye\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s ok \u2013 I\u2019m used to it. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/cpsess1042171136\/frontend\/paper_lantern\/filemanager\/2020\/11\/reaction-4-change-to-3-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another reaction game, this time with a musical signal. You will hear music in a meter of 4 (e.g. 4\/4). If you hear a division of 3 on the 4th beat, the next measure will be in a meter of 3 (e.g. 3\/4), for one measure only. There are many possible ways to interact with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dalcroze-reference","tag-dalcroze-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ohMj-nO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":741,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/changing-meter-reaction-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":1476,"position":0},"title":"Changing meter: Reaction game","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"August 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the first of a series of posts for adults interesting in practicing eurhythmics on their own. 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