{"id":1679,"date":"2021-02-03T18:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:07:37","slug":"beat-division-multiple-series-in-4-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/beat-division-multiple-series-in-4-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat-Division-Multiple Series in 4\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s the series we did at the end of today&#8217;s drop-in class. It is somewhat of a classic. It&#8217;s in simple quadruple time (for example, 4\/4). One measure of beats, one measure twice as fast, another measure of beats, one measure twice as slow. In 4\/4, then, it would be 4 quarters\/8 eighths\/4 quarter\/2 half notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try it in canon between the feet and hands (drum is nice here); left and right; hands and voice; piano and voice, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this recording, I play the basic pattern once through, then twice through in canon. The left hand follows the right. We usually associate the right hand with the hands, and the left hand with the feet. In my own practice, I tried to loosen the iron grip of this association by doing it as the reverse. I was only partially successful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just one example of a series with basic pulse levels. Why not make up your own? Change the meter or the tempo. Better yet, improvise the canon. For an added challenge, try a three part canon: feet\/hands\/voice. All of that should keep you busy. For best results, I like to precede this kind of technical stuff with enough juicy, free, open movement to grease the wheels (sorry, mixing metaphors again) before heading down this thorny path.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/cpsess1042171136\/frontend\/paper_lantern\/filemanager\/2021\/02\/beat-div-mult-system-in-canon-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Level Drop-in class for February and March has begun. See the &#8220;Dalcroze Annex&#8221; in the menu at the left to find out how to join us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also starting this week is another round of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Solf\u00e8ge, Improvisation and Pedagogy at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org\/lms\/program\/dalcroze-for-adults\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org\/lms\/program\/dalcroze-for-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaufman Center<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me for some fun. And who doesn&#8217;t like fun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the series we did at the end of today&#8217;s drop-in class. It is somewhat of a classic. It&#8217;s in simple quadruple time (for example, 4\/4). One measure of beats, one measure twice as fast, another measure of beats, one measure twice as slow. In 4\/4, then, it would be 4 quarters\/8 eighths\/4 quarter\/2 half [&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-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dalcroze-reference","tag-dalcroze-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ohMj-r5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3279,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/ostinato-of-3-cross-rhythms\/","url_meta":{"origin":1679,"position":0},"title":"Ostinato of 3 + cross-rhythms","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"September 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As fall approaches we begin to think of bonfires, homecoming games and ostinatos with cross-rhythms. No? Ok, me neither, but how about some ostinatos with cross-rhythms anyway? I was hoping you'd say that. I recorded a slow meditative track with an ostinato (repeating pattern) of 3 against cross-rhythms of 1,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Dalcroze Reference&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Dalcroze Reference","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/category\/dalcroze-reference\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1476,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/quadruple-and-triple-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":1679,"position":1},"title":"Quadruple and Triple Time","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"November 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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