# Eight-beat cue · text and tactile alternative

The original 3.6-second tone cue groups eight evenly spaced beats as **3 + 3 + 2**. Pattern: `STRONG soft soft | STRONG soft soft | STRONG soft`. Strong beats are 1, 4 and 7. Each beat lasts 0.45 seconds. Tactile version: eight equal tiles separated after tile 3 and tile 6; put a raised dot on tiles 1, 4 and 7. No silence occurs in the cue; learners may choose a rest in their *own* composition. The sound is a synthesised original tone, not a copied recording. Keep volume comfortable, offer the visual/tactile route, and never treat hearing the cue as a learner’s performance.