Rhythmic transcription

In a rhythmic transcription exercise you'll often be given an incomplete score [Score: A written representation of music that displays parts for all players of a piece. ] and asked to complete the rhythm using the given pitch.

So make sure you know your rhythmic notation:

Rhythmic notation

Notation	Title and and number of beats
	semibreve = 4 beats
	Minim= 2 beats
	Crotchet = 1 beat
	Quaver = 0.5 beat

Remember

• Look at the time signature [Time Signature: A symbol at the start of a piece, or sometimes at other intervals, that indicates the number of beats in a bar. ]. Adding up the beats incorrectly will lose you marks!
• Look out for repetition.
• Look at how many marks are allocated (each correct beat will get you one mark).