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Dotted rhythm practice pack

Use it when a student plays dotted-quarter and eighth patterns evenly, rushes the eighth, or loses the beat after the dot. Each piece below is written to practise it.

Pieces

Piano

Lantern Waltz

A 3/4 piece in Am, for dotted rhythms.

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Piano

Rain on the Window

A 3/4 piece in Dm, for dotted rhythms.

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Cello

Warm Evening

A 3/4 piece in G, for dotted rhythms.

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Piano

Lantern Waltz (duet)

A 3/4 piece in Am with a teacher piano part, for dotted rhythms.

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Tenor sax

Smoke Rings After Midnight

A 4/4 piece in F, for dotted rhythms.

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Trombone

Midnight Corridor

A 3/4 piece in Bb, for dotted rhythms.

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Double bass

Dawn Over the Harbor

A 3/4 piece in Bm, for dotted rhythms.

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Harp

Amber Lullaby

A 2/4 piece in Am, for dotted rhythms.

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Oboe

Whispers in the Corridor

A 4/4 piece in C, for dotted rhythms.

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Bassoon

The Jolly Bassooner

A 4/4 piece in Bb, for dotted rhythms.

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Tuba

Eb Jig for Tuba

A 4/4 piece in Eb, for dotted rhythms.

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