• When combining note values smaller than a quarter note, each beat is indicated by a new beam.


• Use beams connecting values smaller than a quarter note to form one beat.

Counting Sixteenth Note Patterns

When reading music, we read rhythms as a combination of long and short notes that form patterns. Similarly

when you are reading this book, words are read as a combinationof letters, not individual letters.

When the lower number of the time signature is four (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, or C) the quarter note is the pulse note

( = 1). The quarter note may be divided into a combination of eighth or sixteenth notes as shown in the following

exercise.

Exercise 1

Use the chart below to count and clap the following patterns. Before you begin clapping, count three beats aloud

to establish the tempo.

Quarter note as pulse note

Practice each pattern separately. Then tap Pattern 1 with your foot. While continuing to tap, clap patterns 1

through 6. Be sure to count aloud.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2

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Quarter q = 1 count

Eighth = count

Sixteenth = count

q

3

(^4) qq Quarter note = 1

of beats: 1 1 1

Count: 1 (+) 2 (+) 3 (+)
qq Eighth note =

of beats:

Count: 1 + 2 + 3 +
qqqqq
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Placement in text
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3
(^4) qq Quarter note = 1

of beats: 1 1 1

Count: 1 (+) 2 (+) 3 (+)
qq Eighth note =

of beats:

Count: 1 + 2 + 3 +
qqqqq
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