Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

Basic Music Theory Chapter 13 Review What is another name for meter? Where does the time signature appear? What information doe ...

13: Meter ...

Basic Music Theory CHAPTER CHAPTER 13 DOWN WITH THE COUNT In This Chapter Tap Your Foot Counting Quarter Notes Counting Half No ...

14: Down With the Count Can You Count to 4? Now that you know the note lengths and time signatures, we can move on to the counti ...

Basic Music Theory If you don’t tap, or keep some rhythmic movement going, you’re pretty much guessing where the beat is. What y ...

14: Down With the Count You probably guessed the count would look something like that, right? The dash shows that the sound is c ...

Basic Music Theory Other Meters Other meters, like 2/4 and 3/4 would be treated the same, the only difference being there would ...

14: Down With the Count Moving On Being able to read rhythms is one of the most valuable skills you can have as a musician, and ...

Basic Music Theory CHAPTER CHAPTER 14 NEW NOTES In This Chapter Eighth Notes, Eighth Rests Counting Eighth Notes and Rests Sixt ...

15: New Notes Eighth Notes and Rests Remember when I said all notes get their name because of their relationship to the whole no ...

Basic Music Theory Counting Eighths Because there are two eighth notes for every beat, the count is a little different than what ...

15: New Notes rest falls on, the upbeat (when your foot is up), or the downbeat (when your foot hits the floor). Here are a few ...

Basic Music Theory Example 15.5 LEFT: Single sixteenth notes. RIGHT: Sixteenth notes in groups of 4 and 2. Counting Sixteenths I ...

15: New Notes Counting Sixteenth Rests The same count is used (1 e + a) but as before, there are parentheses around the rests. H ...

Basic Music Theory One of these is a small dot following a note. In the next chapter you’ll learn all about these dots and what ...

15: New Notes What is the count for this example? What is an upbeat? 10. 1 e (+) a 2 e + (a) 3 (e) + a (4) e + a 11. The part o ...

Basic Music Theory CHAPTER CHAPTER 15 SEEING DOTS In This Chapter The Effect of a Dot Dotted Whole Note Dotted Half Note Dotted ...

16: Seeing Dots You Are Not Seeing Things Those dots you see behind some notes are supposed to be there. A dot just to the right ...

Basic Music Theory The Dotted Half Note. A more common type of dotted note is the dotted half note. How long is a dotted half no ...

16: Seeing Dots Example 16.3 Two measures of dotted quarter notes in 4/4 time. Musical Example Because this rhythm is a little t ...