Working with a Metronome, Week Two

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Working with a Metronome

Working with a Metronome, Week One

Working with a Metronome, Week Two

Working with a Metronome, Week Three

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Working with a Metronome, Week Two

In the exercise for Week Two, Ethan sets the metronome to play whole notes on the first beat of the measure, and then with whole notes on beat two, beat three, and finally beat four. He sets the metronome to 23 bpm for this exercise.

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