The three ascending crotchets x of this motif are then inverted and repeated three times (each time beginning on a higher note).
Instead, this melody blurs the articulation of the notated 9/8 metre through agogic emphasis on the first tied dotted crotchet.
In the course of the latter half of the year, the six-year-olds all completely mastered presenting a steady pulse in minims, crotchets and quavers.
Taking a tempo of crotchet = 60, which is doubtless already too slow, the scene would last only about 24 seconds.
The common value (or group phase) of all these units is a crotchet.
The solos all stick to the basic duration of 20 crotchets, as can be seen from the form plan.
The crotchet pairs form rhymes and are varied according to the same system as the quaver pairs, however.