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Count in two: 2/4 & cut time
Both time signatures put two beats in every bar. In 2/4 a quarter note gets the beat. In cut time (a C with a line through it, also written 2/2) a half note does (Handout 359). In every box, write the count where that note or rest starts; put a rest’s count in parentheses.
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1 · 2/4: two quarter-note beats
- Line A0:12
- Line B0:14
2 · Cut time: two half-note beats
- Line C0:17
- Line D0:17
- Line E0:12
3 · Same notes, two time signatures
- Line F0:08
- Line G0:08
- Line H0:08
- Line I0:08
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