Sets of 8, heavy measure, light measure (video: 1 min. 15 sec.)

3 03 2008

In this video Skippy Blair counts the sets of 8 in a piece of music. The hand motion she uses is a good exercise for working on timing and training your body to hear the sets of 8.

Listen for the heavy measure, beats 1 to 4, and the light measure, beats 5 to 8. The light measure is the thematic “conclusion” to a set of 8. Listening for the thematic conclusion is a good way to identify a set of 8.

From Skippy Blair’s 2006 Summer Intensive, video courtesy of Skippy Blair


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