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Q RHYTHM REVIEW 1

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Meet Cal   Universal Language   Rhythm Notation Music Staff    Origins of the Staff

Rhythm Laboratory     Notation Parts Note Heads Stems Beams Flags Note Construction

Common-Time    Measures Bar-Lines Counting in Common-Time Whole, Half and Quarter Notes

Ties Dots Time-Signatures Q’s Rhythm Review Time-Signature Rules Beat Accent

Down-Beat and Up-Beat Conducting Patterns Cut-Time Common-Time Beat Emphasis

Three-Beat Measures Note Values Rhythm Workouts The ‘Cycle’ Note Equivalents

Counting Sub-Divisions “If You Can Say It, You Can Play It” Author’s Story Sub-Division Lingo

Quarter Notes with Eight Notes Adding Sixteenth Notes Notes Sharing Beams   Beam Awareness Pointers

Triplets Triplet Workout Compound-Time    Compound-Time Workout Music Rests

Rest and Note Equivalents Whole Rest Half Rest Quarter Rest Eighth Rest     Sixteenth Rest

Dotted Rests Q’s Rest Review Process of Sub-Division Relating Rests to Notes Rhythm Exam Prep

Level 1 Rhythm Exam     Level 2 Rhythm Exam     Level 3 Rhythm Exam

RHYTHM LAB 6

Posted by Adam Crane on

May 19, 2014

NOTE CONSTRUCTION

In the picture above, you can see how note parts combine in order to form notes.

(Notes are displayed on the staff in yellow)

Notes are usually written in black and white. However, I wanted to make the notes visually stand out, making them easier to distinguish from the staff.

A Filled-in Note-Head with a Stem (up or down), is called a Quarter-Note.

A Hollow Note-Head with a Stem (up or down), is called a Half-Note.

It is logical to question why the names “quarter-note” and “half-note” are numbers that are less than a whole number, names meaning just 25% and 50%.

Very soon, the reason for these note names will make a whole lot of sense.

In order to understand why notes are named as they are, I will now teach you

COMMON-TIME.

RHYTHM LAB 2

Posted by Adam Crane on

May 19, 2014

Part #1: NOTE HEADS

There are two basic types of note heads.

SOLID

HOLLOW

String instruments are pitched instruments and utilize the two basic types of note heads: solid and hollow.

Non-pitched instruments, such as many percussion instruments (drums), utilize varied note head symbols including slashes, X’s and triangles. Contemporary composers have even invented other types of note heads.

Notes also serve to represent exact pitch locations too. However, regardless of the pitch, a note’s precise rhythmic definition remains intact.

Note heads most often combine with Stems in order to form notes.

Solid Note Heads always need to have a stem in order to become a note.

Hollow Note Heads can either have a stem or stand alone as a note.

Let’s explore Part #2: STEMS