Beat Circling Drill
Beat Circling Drill
Pick a beat unit below. We won't tell you how many beats are in each bar — just tap the notes to mark where you think each beat starts, then check "Show answer" to reveal the real grouping and hear it played as a metronome click.
L1 — each beat is a crotchet
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 3 beats — beat 1 = 1 note, beat 2 = 1 note, beat 3 = 1 note.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 4 beats — beat 1 = 2 notes, beat 2 = 2 notes, beat 3 = 1 note, beat 4 = 1 note.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 2 beats — beat 1 = 4 notes, beat 2 = 1 note.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 3 beats — beat 1 = 1 note, beat 2 = 2 notes, beat 3 = 2 notes.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 4 beats — beat 1 = 2 notes, beat 2 = 2 notes, beat 3 = 2 notes, beat 4 = 2 notes.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 2 beats — beat 1 = 2 notes, beat 2 = 1 note.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 3 beats — beat 1 = 1 note, beat 2 = 4 notes, beat 3 = 2 notes.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 4 beats — beat 1 = 1 note, beat 2 = 2 notes, beat 3 = 4 notes, beat 4 = 2 notes.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 2 beats — beat 1 = 2 notes, beat 2 = 2 notes.
Beat unit: crotchet. Click a notehead to mark "a new beat starts here" — build your own guess for where the beats fall.
Answer key: 3 beats — beat 1 = 4 notes, beat 2 = 4 notes, beat 3 = 1 note.
More rhythm-teaching prototypes, still in review: Beat Grouping, Beat Wheel, Beat Match, Rhythm Trainer, Counting Syllables.