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Practice reading rhythmic beam groups in simple and compound meter.
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The 4/4 measure shows eight eighth notes written with separate flags. How should they normally be beamed?

The 3/4 example contains twelve sixteenth notes. How should they be grouped?

How are eight sixteenth notes normally beamed in a full 2/4 measure?

In cut time (2/2), eight eighth notes fill the measure. What is the normal beam grouping?

A 4/4 measure is filled with sixteen sixteenth notes. Which beam pattern shows its beats most clearly?

The six eighth notes in this 3/4 measure are written with separate flags. How should they normally be beamed?

At the start of this 4/4 measure, two eighth notes are followed by four sixteenth notes. How should those two beats be beamed?

A 2/4 measure contains four eighth notes. What grouping follows standard beaming practice?

The six eighth notes in this 6/8 measure are written with separate flags. How are they normally beamed?

What beam grouping best shows the three beats in a 9/8 measure of eighth notes?

Twelve eighth notes fill a 12/8 measure. How should the beams show the meter?

How should twelve sixteenth notes be grouped in a 6/8 measure?

In 9/8, eighteen sixteenth notes fill one measure. Which grouping matches the meter?

A 12/8 measure contains twenty-four sixteenth notes. How should they be beamed?

A copyist puts one beam over eighth notes 3 through 6 in a 4/4 measure. Why is that beaming wrong?
In 3/4, a beam joins the second eighth note of beat one to both eighth notes of beat two. What is the error?
In a 2/4 measure of four eighth notes, note 1 has a flag, notes 2 and 3 share a beam, and note 4 has a flag. What should be corrected?
A 6/8 measure is written as three pairs of beamed eighth notes. Why does this hide the meter?
In 9/8, a beam begins on the second eighth note of the first beat and ends on the first eighth note of the next beat. What is wrong?
In cut time, a beam joins eighth notes 3 through 6 of a measure. Why is that grouping incorrect?
What does beaming show a performer that separate flags do not show as clearly?

Why are successive eighth and sixteenth notes usually beamed instead of all printed with separate flags?

When reading an unfamiliar rhythm, what useful information can a correctly placed beam provide at a glance?

Why are eighth notes in 6/8 normally beamed in groups of three?

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