RHYTHM

STUDY GUIDE

BEAT

Beat is defined as a rhythmic movement, or is

the speed at which a piece of music is played.

THE STAFF

Section of time by a

number of BEATS

Tells us how many

BEATS are in a

MEASURE

MEASURE TIME SIGNATURE

NOTE VALUES

ONE beat = (ta) TWO beats = (ta-ah)

QUARTER NOTE HALF NOTE

a HALF beat = (ta or te)

EIGHTH

NOTE

RESTS

ARE SILENT

Take the SPACE of a BEAT

REST VALUES

ONE beat TWO beats

QUARTER REST HALF REST

a HALF beat

EIGHTH

REST

DOTS

A dot increases the note duration by one

half the value of the note.

DOTS

Since an eighth note is half the duration of a quarter

note, we will substitute it for the ½ symbol

As you can see, a dotted quarter note is equal to a

quarter note plus an eighth note.

DOTS (EXAMPLE)

A dot on a half note will equal a half note plus

half of THAT which is a quarter note.

DOTS

A dotted quarter note can also equal

three eighth notes

STEP BY STEP

To find the value of a dotted half note we must FIRST look at the note by itself

STEP BY STEP

A half note gets two beats so we then add half of THAT which is 1 beat

1 beat

This is half

of a half note

STEP BY STEP

Finally after adding the two we get 3

3 beats

TO HELP MEMORIZE

You can always just memorize the following chart

6

3

1½

=

=

=

ADDING NOTES

+ = 4 ½

+ = 7

3 1½

6 1

RHYTHM

READING Review to get a head start.

You will recite one of the following tomorrow!

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