SWARSHALA — UNEQUAL AND CHANGING METRE WORKSHEET
Original learning aid, 3 October 2026.
Guide: https://swarshala.com/blog/count-asymmetrical-and-changing-metre
Contract: each numbered box lasts one eighth-note unit. Keep that duration constant across every group and bar change.

A. 5/8 as 2+3: [1 2] [3 4 5]
B. 5/8 as 3+2: [1 2 3] [4 5]
C. 7/8 as 2+2+3: [1 2] [3 4] [5 6 7]
For each row, record group starts and point at every box evenly.
A starts:
B starts:
C starts:

COMPLETE CHANGING SEQUENCE
Bar 1: 5/8 (2+3). Bar 2: 3/8 (3). Bar 3: 4/8 (2+2).
Write twelve equal boxes. Mark bar boundaries before boxes 1, 6, 9 and after 12.
Elapsed start of each bar (begin at zero):
Elapsed positions of group-start attacks:
Final boundary:
This is an onset task; unspecified sustain or instrument articulation is not part of the fixture.

NEW QUESTIONS
1. Group starts in 7/8 as 2+3+2:
2. Total units in 7/8 followed by 5/8, with unchanged eighth duration:
3. Does changing metre alone establish an unchanged small-unit duration?
4. Does a succession of different metres necessarily contain simultaneous metres?

ANSWER KEY
A: units 1,3. B: 1,4. C: 1,3,5.
Changing sequence starts: elapsed 0,5,8. Group attacks: elapsed 0,2,5,8,10. Final boundary:12. Total durations:5+3+4=12.
1: units 1,3,6. 2:12; second bar begins at elapsed7. 3:No; check the score's timing directions. 4:No; successive and simultaneous metres are different tasks.