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1.25 Eastman Counting System: Dividing The Beat Into 2 or 4

Beats divided into two even parts or four even parts are used to count the rhythm. When the beat is divided into three even parts or six even parts, the following syllables are used.

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1.25 Eastman Counting System: Dividing The Beat Into 2 or 4

Beats divided into two even parts or four even parts are used to count the rhythm. When the beat is divided into three even parts or six even parts, the following syllables are used.

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25 Eastman Counting System


Dividing the beat into 2 or 4 When the beat is divided into two even parts or four even parts, as in simple time signatures OR duplets/quadruplets in compound time, the following syllables are used to count the rhythm:
Notes on the beat use the number of the beat:

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# ! "$
1

$
2

Notes on the second half of the beat use te ("tay"):

! # "$
1

$
te

$
2

$
te

Notes on the second fourth of the beat use ti ("tee"):

! # "$
1

$
ti

$
te

$
2

$
ti

$
te

All other notes use ta ("tah"):

# ! "$
1

$
ti

$
te

$
ta

$
2

$
ti

$
te

$
ta

Dividing the beat into 3 or 6 When the beat is divided into three even parts or six even parts, as in compound time signatures OR triplets/sextuplets in simple time, the following syllables are used to count the rhythm:
Notes on the beat use the number of the beat:

% # & $!
1

$!
2

Notes on the second third of the beat use la ("lah"):

% # &$ '
1

$
la

$ '
2

$
la

Notes on the last third of the beat use li ("lee"):

% # &$
1

$
la

$
li

$
2

$
la

$
li

All other notes use ta ("tah"):

% # &$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
1

ta

la

ta

li

ta

ta

la

ta

li

ta

Any note not covered by the above rules will use the syllable ta.
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