How Do You Read Music (Advanced Rhythm)?
In this installment of Reading Music I will take you through the steps to reading more complex rhythms. We will cover the subdivisions of larger valued notes by making them smaller and with more notes. The first thing we will discuss is the eighth note. Dividing a single quarter note in half will result in two eighth notes. The notes will take up the same amount of time as the quarter note, but will be played as two beats. So by counting four quarter notes with the left hand and eight eighth notes with the right hand, play four beats for each beat. Right hand: (1), 2 (2), 2 (3), 2 (4), 2 Spoken: 1-and, 2-and, 3-and, 4-and Left hand: 1,2,3,4 Note the ties neatly connecting two eighth notes together to span the length of a quarter note. Next we will discuss the sixteenth note. Dividing a single eighth note in half will result in two sixteenth notes. The notes will take up the same amount of time as the eighth note, but will be played as two beats. So by counting four quarter notes with t
