<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>Don Rose writes, in response to Alan's problem counting 4 to 5 ratios:<= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Listen to f3 a3. Tap your knee on the fourth b= eat. Do that for three sets<BR>of four beats. Then play a3 c#4 while keeping= the tapping going at the same<BR>speed. Count how many beats you hear. If i= t is five then it is a four to<BR>five ratio. If it is slower then adjust c#= 4 until it is five.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Or play F3-A3 while saying "MississippiMississippiMississippi" [or Alli= gatorAlligatorAlligator], matching the beat rate, and tapping on each "Mis".= Keep the tap going at the same rate, and say "UniversityUniversityUniversit= y." That's 4:5. A3-C#4 should be that.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Then speed up your MississippiMississippiMississippi to match the A3-C#= 4. UniversityUniversityUniversity should match C#4-F4, and so on. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>