Sunday, June 30, 2013

Quarter Note

3. The quarter note:
                      Quarter notes are half as long as half notes, so they will receive 1 beat each.








4. The eighth note:


                     Eighth notes can be notated in two ways. A single eighth note will usually be notated like this:



Two or more eighth notes can be notated like this:


Eighth notes are half as long as quarter notes. So two eighth notes have to be played in the same
time it takes for one quarter note to be played. To count eighth notes we have to use
SUBDIVISION. We subdivide the quarter beat into two eighth note beats by using the symbol &
(and).



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