Count and Clap
famous constructors
How many counts does...
100

# # # #

1 2 3 4 

100

Music Changes

John Cage

100

Half note

2
200

# and # # and #

1 and 2 3 and 4

200

Sleep

Eric Whitacre

200

whole note

4

300

#and# and  # #


1and2 and 3 4 

300

The Marriage of Figaro (1786)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

300

Quarter note

1

400

# e and a # # e and a #

1 e and a 2 3 e and a 4

400

The Lark Accending

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

400

One eighth note 

half a beat

500

! E & A @ E & A # E & A $

1 e and a 2 e and a 3 e and a

500

His most famous compositions included Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808), Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op 92 (1813), and Symphony No.

Ludwig van Beethoven

500

One sixteenth note

Quarter of a beat