Intro to Music Theory Part 3- Rests & Exercises
beginner Any instrument
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← Back to the videoStep 2 of 10 in Mr. G's Theory Course
- 1 Intro to Music Theory Part 2- Time Signatures
- 2 Intro to Music Theory Part 3- Rests & Exercises — you are here
- 3 Intro to Music Theory Part 4- Counting in 4/4 Up next
- 4 Intro to Music Theory Part 5- Dotted & Tied Notes
- 5 Intro to Music Theory Part 6- Counting in 3/4
Stuck on something here? Ask — somebody will have hit the same wall.
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Gene Sowell ·
Anybody have a tip for the left hand stretch in here? My pinky is not cooperating.
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Rita Alvarez ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Patty Lindstrom ·
I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.
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Katie Clark Support ·
Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.
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Ann Marie Boyd ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Deb Carrigan ·
Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.