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95.9Pass 2 — identify meter and pulse
Before melody notes:
tap the beat.
Ask:
- 4/4?
- 3/4?
- 6/8?
- swung?
- straight?
- half-time?
- compound?
Do not guess from notation conventions.
Feel the large pulse.