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Rhythmic Dictation, Simple Meter, One Beat Examples

Listen to each recording as many times as you wish while you try to dictate the rhythm. Each of these is only one beat long in simple meter (one beat simple meter time signature time signature). When you want to check your results, click on the link below each example. The idea is to become proficient at typical rhythmmic units that last only one beat, which may give you an improved ability to dictate longer rhythms.

Example 1

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Example 2

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Example 3

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Example 4

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Example 5

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Example 6

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