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

Basic Music Theory Example 16.5 The dotted 8th-16th figure. Musical Example Here’s a musical example you’ll recognize which uses ...

16: Seeing Dots Moving On The concepts you’re learning are becoming more complex, and you’ll probably find it will take some tim ...

Basic Music Theory CHAPTER CHAPTER 16 TRIPLETS! In This Chapter General Tuplet Information Eighth Note Triplets Sixteenth Note ...

17: Triplets! General Tuplet Information The notes you’re about to learn are called triplets, and they belong to a group of note ...

Basic Music Theory Example 17.1 A few measures of eighth note triplets with counting. Sixteenth Note Triplets To find the length ...

17: Triplets! Example 17.2 Sixteenth note triplets and their count. Quarter Note Triplets Quarter note triplets are difficult to ...

Basic Music Theory The third note of the triplet happens 4/3 of a beat after the first (or 1 1/3 beats), so the third note start ...

17: Triplets! How long is a sixteenth note triplet? What is the count for a measure of sixteenth note triplets in 2/4 time? Whe ...

Basic Music Theory Part III Review Whew! You Made It These pages can be used to test your memory on what you’ve learned in Part ...

Part II Review Which notes have stems? page 93 The stem of notes above the third line go ____. page 94 The stems of notes below ...

Basic Music Theory How many beats does a quarter rest get in 2/4 time? page 98 How many beats does a half rest get in 3/4 time? ...

Part II Review What information does the time signature give? page 102 What are the three most common time signatures? page 103 ...

Basic Music Theory When writing out the counting, what is used to indicate a rest? page 111 When counting out loud, how should ...

Part II Review How many sixteenth notes are in one quarter note or one beat of 4/4 time? page 117 How do you count sixteenth no ...

Basic Music Theory How long is a sixteenth note triplet? page 129 What is the count for a measure of sixteenth note triplets in ...

Part II Review ...

Basic Music Theory C HAPTER 18 Interlude CHAPTER 17 DON’T SAY PRACTICE In This Interlude Don’t Say the P Word A Note on Private ...

Interlude: Don’t Say Practice Don’t Say the P Word. Johann Sebastian Bach said, “There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one ha ...

Basic Music Theory What this section is geared towards is you and me. People with average abilities, average intelligence and av ...

Interlude: Don’t Say Practice The very best answer is: play as much as you feel like. That may seem like a cop-out answer, but l ...