Free PDF + editable BoboCreate template

Free Rhythm Case: The Short First Bar

A pickup is a short first bar. Count its beats, write the counts, and find the beat the tune starts on.

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Both downloads are the free edition. The .bobo file opens in BoboCreate Desktop.

The editable file imports in BoboCreate Free 0.3.19 or later. It uses one of Free's three design places, and its own artwork does not count toward your three uploaded images. Older versions of the app need BoboCreate activated to import it, so update BoboCreate first.

The cover: a flag, a whistle and a stopwatch, with the title Piano Note Detective, Pickup Beats & the Count-In

Case 1: the story and a Learn box with a one-beat pickup counted beat 4

Tasks: beats in a pickup bar, counts under the notes and the start beat

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The first case of Pickup Beats & the Count-In, complete and free.

Every count is worked out from the score, with the pickup modeled as a short bar.

What the free template includes

A story and a Learn box about pickups
Count-the-pickup, write-the-count and start-beat tasks
Answers with a reason for each

Count in, then play

Count the missing beats silently and play the pickup on time.

The full case file

Two more cases: pickups in 3/4 and two-beat pickups, and starting together with a partner.

Open the editable template in BoboCreate

Download and install BoboCreate Desktop for Mac or Windows.
Download the free `free-pickup-beats-count-in-mission-sample.bobo` file.
In BoboCreate, choose Open or Import and select the file.
Export a PDF.
Print at 100% on US Letter.

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Rhythm practice, not a music method.

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