Rhythm Note Relationships

Getting Notes Down Cold

The examples below show equal durations of lengths of time for Notes. The “ties” make the other notes combined to be of the same time count. Let’s do the math.

Quarter note math:

One Quarter note = Two 8th notes = one 8th note

and two 16th notes = 4 sixteenth notes.

Quarter note time – shown tied, each gets one beat and one clap:

More “tie” relationships.  Fill in the blanks. 

Counting

Quarter beat equivalents but counted differently: 1 beat each,

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Learning Resources

There are two workshops that deal with understanding notes. The notes workshop covers names and pitch relationships (intervals) the rhythm workshop covers the math. Find them both here:  Getting It Down Cold Workshops and Music Theory Course