LESSON 19 ( Exercises for the Development of Rhythm )

LESSON 19
Exercises for the Development of Rhythm

               The eight exercises in Lesson 19 will teach you new time signatures and also new note values.So far we have had only time signatures with quarter beats.
                                                                       2    3    4
                                                                       4    4    4

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4  Four beats per measure. The quarter note gets the beat. The top number indicates how many beats per measure, while the bottom number indicates which note receives the beat.


So if the time signature is then there are 3,8 beats per measure, and the eighth note gets the beat.


Example:

 

In this set of exercises the sixteenth note is introduced. There are 4 sixteenth notes per quarter beat.One way to subdivide sixteenth notes is:

A single sixteenth note will be notated like this: ..........  Next Page