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Rhythms in simple time signatures that include triplets and drag triplet rhythms. Rhythms in compound time that include duplet divisions of the beat.
Rhythm Grids for Dictation and Call & Response Practice
Rhythm Grids for Dictation and Call & Response Practice
(Click the image of the grid to open it up in a full window. Each grid is reprinted on the right with Takadimi syllables.)
Triplet Divisions of the Beat
Triplet Divisions of the Beat
No Subdivisions (16th notes)
No Subdivisions (16th notes)
1) Joseph Bologne, String Quartet Op. 1, No. 6, mvt. 1, mm. 36–43 (1771), Violin 1 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF] [Youtube 1:05-1:20]
2) Stephen Sondheim, “Children Will Listen,” from the musical Into the Woods, mm. 3–12 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF]
4) Margaret Bonds, Dry Bones, mm. 24– 27 [Image File | MuseScore ]
6) Amy Marcy Beach, 3 Browning Songs, Op. 44, No. 2, "Ah, Love, but a Day!" mm. 3–10 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF]
7) Stephen Sondheim, “It Takes Two,” from the musical Into the Woods, mm. 1–16 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF]
8) Kendrick Lamar, “For the Homies,” from Compton State of Mind, Vol. 2 [ Image File | MuseScore ] [Youtube 0:22-0:30]
9) Florence Price, 4 Songs from The Weary Blues (1941), No. 2, “Songs to the Dark Virgin,” mm. 2–6, vocal part only Image File | MuseScore | PDF ]
Adding Subdivisions (16th notes)
Adding Subdivisions (16th notes)
2) Schönberg, Claude-Michel, “Do You Hear the People Sing?,” from Les Miserables [Image File | MuseScore ]
3) Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Surface Pressure,” from the film Encanto (2021), mm. 7–12 [Image File | MuseScore ]
4) J. Gabriel, “Esta Noche Voy a Verla” (“This Night I am Going to See Her”), Spanish love song [Image File | MuseScore]
5) E. Reysio-Cruz, "Ala-ala Kita Sa Aking Pagtulog" ("In My Sleep"), Filipino love song [ Image File | MuseScore ]
6) Leonard Bernstein, “Somewhere,” from West Side Story [ Image File | MuseScore ]
9) Anna Amalia of Prussia, Sonata for Flute in F, movt. 3, Allegro Ma non troppo, mm. 3– 10 (1771) [Image File | PDF | MuseScore]
Triplets over 2 Beats (“Drag Triplets”)
Triplets over 2 Beats (“Drag Triplets”)
1) The Everly Brothers, "All I Have to Do Is Dream," bridge, mm. 19–26 (1958) [Image Link | MuseScore | PDF]
2) Alan Silvestri, Theme song from Back to the Future (1985), mm. 1–6 [Image File | MuseScore ]
5) Fred Onovwerosouke, “Mshila,” mm. 2–8, No. 8 from Twelve African Songs (2011) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF]
6) Alan Silvestri, Theme song from Back to the Future (1985), mm. 8–17 [Image File | MuseScore ]
7) Billy Joel, “I Go to Extremes,” from Stormfront (1989), verse 3 [Image File | MuseScore | PDF | Youtube: 2:08–2:39]
9) Cole Porter, "Begin the Beguine," mm. 1–16, from the musical Jubilee (1935) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF]
12) Fastball, "The Way," verse, mm. 21–35, from All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998) [Image Link] [MuseScore] [PDF]
Duplets in Compound Time
Duplets in Compound Time
1) R. C. Vinluan, “Angngidudue” (“Go to Sleep”), Filipino lullaby [Image File | MuseScore ]
2) Cécile Chaminade, “Bonne Humeur,” mm. 20–24 [Image File | MuseScore ]
3) Cécile Chaminade, “L'Idéal,” mm. 5–12 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF]
5) Cécile Chaminade, "L'Idéal," mm. 23–32 [Image File] [MuseScore] [PDF]
6) Leslie Adams, "For You There is No Song," mm. 3–11, words by Edna St. Vincent Millay [Image File | MuseScore | PDF]
9) Jerry Goldsmith, Theme from Star Trek Next Generation (1988) [Image File | MuseScore | PDF ]
10) Ethel Smyth, “Haste to the Shore,” from Act I, Scene I of The Wreckers (1906), mm. 12– 29, soprano part [Image File | MuseScore | PDF ]
11) Dorothy Rudd Moore, “Creole Girl,” Movt. 2 from Flowers of Darkness. Song Cycle for Tenor and Piano (1990), mm. 41–52, vocal part only [ MuseScore | PDF | Image File ]
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Kent D. Cleland & Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills - Available online through the NYU library
Triplets & Duplets: Explanation and counting; Prep Exercises; 1, 2, and 3-part rhythms, pp. 210–220 (direct link to section)
Drag Triplets: 1-part Rhythms, 2 and 3-Part Rhythms, pp. 332–335 (direct link to section)
Toby Stewart, Foundational Sight-Singing
Triplets, Drag Triplets, and 3/8: p. 98, p. 117
Two-Part Rhythms: p. 99
Benjamin Crowell, Eyes and Ears: An Anthology of Melodies for Sight Singing: "Triplets," p. 17
Blue Sky Music: Rhythm Worksheets,
8th/Dotted Quarter (6/8): "Count Rhythms with Notes and Rests 4," p. 21–23 (Nos. 1–23)
8th/Dotted Quarter (6/8): "Count Rhythms with Notes and Rests 4," p. 25–27 (Nos. 1–28)
Oscar van Dillen: Rhythmic Exercises with Triplets
Erik Højsgaard, Rhythm: Advanced Studies - Available online through the library
Triplets (including other simple meters), pp. 27–28
2-part exercises: pp. 133–135
Hemiola: p. 29
Duplets: p. 39
Quadruplets: pp. 39–40
Quintuplets and 5 vs. 2: pp. 49–52, pp. 87–89 (includes 5 vs. 4)
Septuplets, 7 vs. 2: pp. 76-78, pp. 93–94 (includes 7 vs. 3)
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