{"id":741,"date":"2020-08-31T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=741"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:28:41","slug":"changing-meter-reaction-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/changing-meter-reaction-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing meter: Reaction game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: This part of a series of posts for adults interesting in practicing eurhythmics on their own.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a known as &#8220;Quick Reaction Game&#8221; in Dalcroze parlance. In a quick reaction game, participants respond to a signal (auditory (musical or non-musical), visual, verbal or tactile). In this case, the subject is &#8220;Changing Meter&#8221;. See the instructions below for suggestions on how to use the lo-fi home recording I made. Better yet, make up your own variation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divisions of 2 on the last beat of the measure call for duple meter (e.g., 2\/4); divisions of 3 call for triple meter (e.g.. 3\/4); divisions of 4 call for quadruple meter (e.g., 4\/4). Suggestions: gesture the measure freely; step the beat or measure and conduct; toss a scarf on 1, catching it on the last beat of the measure; clap the measure and step the beat, or the reverse, being careful to use space to express the measure grouping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/cpsess1042171136\/frontend\/paper_lantern\/filemanager\/2020\/08\/simple-meter-QR-musical-signal.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This part of a series of posts for adults interesting in practicing eurhythmics on their own. The following is a known as &#8220;Quick Reaction Game&#8221; in Dalcroze parlance. In a quick reaction game, participants respond to a signal (auditory (musical or non-musical), visual, verbal or tactile). In this case, the subject is &#8220;Changing Meter&#8221;. 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