Simple Time: Beats

1) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 2a (1939) [Image File | MuseScore | Youtube 0:22–0:42]

2) Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, “My Favorite Things,” from the film The Sound of Music [Image File | MuseScore | Youtube 1:13-1:19]

3) Traditional Song, China, "Wǒ Hé Nǐ (You and Me)" [Image File | MuseScore ] Song info, translation, and video recording here. 

4) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 2b (1939) [Image File | MuseScore  | Youtube 0:42–1:02]

5) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 3 (1939) [Image File | MuseScore  | Youtube 1:04–1:35]

6) Ethel Barns, “Sleep, Weary Heart,” mm. 3–14 (1911) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF]

7) Anonymous, Carol (Bohemia) [ Image File | MuseScore ]

1) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 1 (1939) [Image File | MuseScore  | Youtube 0:00–0:20]

2) Rogers & Hammerstein, "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," from Oklahoma!, mm. 48–60 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF] [Youtube 0:46-1:01]

3) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 13 (1939) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF | Youtube 6:29-6:59]

4) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 31 (1939) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF | Youtube 17:01-17:36]

Directions: Sing the rhythm as a duet with a partner or sing the top staff while clapping the rhythm on the bottom staff. 

1) Béla Bartók, "No. 28: Canon at the Octave," from Mikrokosmos Vol. I (1939) [PDF | Image | MuseScore | Youtube: 15:09–15:37]

Directions: Sing the rhythm as a duet with a partner or sing the top staff while clapping the rhythm on the bottom staff. 

2) Albert Hague, "Young and Foolish," mm. 1–6, from the musical Plain and Fancy (1954) [PDF | Image | MuseScore | Youtube: 0:48–1:09]

3) Juan del Encina, “Fata la parte,” soprano part only, mm. 1–10 (1508) [Image | MuseScore | PDF]

4) Florence Price, “A Morning Sunbeam,” mm. 1–16, No. 3 from 3 Sketches for Little Pianists (1937)  [Image | MuseScore | PDF]

Directions: Sing the rhythm as a duet with a partner or sing the top staff while clapping the rhythm on the bottom staff. 

5) Laurindo Almeida, Lament in Tremolo Form (1967), mm. 1–16, outer voices only [MuseScore | PDF | Image File]

1) Gussie L. Davis, “The Fatal Wedding: Descriptive Waltz Song,” mm. 70–77 (1893) [Image Link | MuseScore | Youtube 1:53–2:05]

2) Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Vol. I, No. 21 (1939) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF | Youtube 10:58–11:22]

3) Nacio Herb Brown, "You Were Meant for Me," from the musical Singin' in the Rain, words by Arthur Freed (1929) [PDF | Image | MuseScore | Youtube: 0:48–1:42]

4) Miles Davis, “Freddie Freeloader,” from Kind of Blue (1959) [PDF | Image | MuseScore | Youtube: 0:22–0:44]

5) Nobuo Uematsu, “Chaos Temple,” mm. 1–4, from the video game Final Fantasy (1987) [Image File | MuseScore]

6) Gussie L. Davis, “In the Baggage Coach Ahead,” mm. 25–40 (1896) [Image | MuseScore | MP3]