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RHYTHM WORKOUTS 8

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QUARTER, EIGHTH and SIXTEENTH NOTES

Focus your attention on how many beams that the notes have, so that you can distinguish the difference between eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

As you did with the previous Rhythm Work-Outs, practice the measures a few times at different tempos.

Start Metronome

Listen to Work-out

Now let’s mix it up a little.

Eighth Notes and Sixteenth Notes can join together in order to fill a beat. I’m glad you already learned about beams.

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 WORKOUTS 3

Posted by Adam Crane on

May 19, 2014

NOTE EQUIVALENTS

Each beat can be viewed as a TIME WINDOW.

In the diagram, a Quarter note fills 1 complete beat’s time window.

Each Eighth Note fills ½ of 1 beat’s time window, and each Sixteenth Note fills a ¼ of 1 beat’s time window.

A QUARTER NOTE FILLS ONE COMPLETE BEAT

EACH EIGHTH NOTE FILLS 50% OF A BEAT

EACH SIXTEENTH NOTE FILLS 25% OF A BEAT

Click to hear Quarter Notes

Click to hear Eighth Notes

Click to hear Sixteenth Notes

This process is called — NOTE SUBDIVISION.

RHYTHM LAB 10

Posted by Adam Crane on

May 19, 2014

COUNTING IN COMMON-TIME

Fundamental Rule: One complete measure in Common-Time = 4 beats

In basic mathematics, you know that numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided. Notes of different values combine in order to complete a measure.

Each note has a value. In music terminology, they are called Note Values.

COMMON-TIME NOTE VALUES

A Whole Note equals 4 beats, and completes a common-time measure.

A Half Note completes half of a measure.

A Quarter Note fills one quarter of the measure.

Are you wondering how a 3-beat note is written?

To create a 3-beat note, more note-material parts are required.

Let’s explore Parts #5 and #6: TIES and DOTS

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.