Pick-up notes

Pick-up notes occur when the phrase begins on a beat other than the strong first beat of the measure.  The strong beat or down beat is sometimes called the crusis.  Pick-up notes or upbeats are then called the anacrusis.  (Ana- is a prefix meaning up or back.)  Often subsequent phrases or sub-phrases will also begin on an anacrusis.  Be aware of this tendency in the following exercises.  Sometimes it is made clear with phrase markings or with rests, but sometimes it is not.

After you have learned the exercise and are comfortable beginning on the up-beat, clap or speak one or more of the following ostinatos to accompany the exercise.  Start the ostinato, then begin the exercise on the correct beat.  (An ostinato is a repeated pattern.)

 

The following exercise includes phrase marking or slurs.  Sometimes slurs show actual phrases, but often they simply show notes that should be thought of and performed connected as a group.

  

3.2   Moderato

   

3.3   Allegro

   

3.4   Set the following texts to rhythm in simple meter.  Use only the beat and first division.  Include measure lines and a meter signature.  Be sure to match the accents in the text with the accents in the meter.  

A.                       ―An apple a day keeps the doctor away.‖   (American proverb)

B.                        ―Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock.‖   (Russian proverb)

C.                        ―You can‘t make an omelet without breaking eggs.‖  (French proverb)

D.                       ―Whoever really loves you will make you cry.‖  (Spanish proverb)

3.5   Well marked

     

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