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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!
A
B
C
D