![]() Notice that we still have the “&” in there, but it comes after the “e” for the second 16th, and then we have the “a” for the fourth 16th in this pattern. If we count 8th notes by saying: 1& 2& 3& 4&, we’re going to now count our 16th notes by saying: 1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a. Subdividing larger beats into smaller ones makes all of the beats in a measure fit together much easier and helps us play the rhythms correctly.Ĭounting 16th notes in this way means that we have to come up with another syllable for the extra beat…remember, we have four 16th notes in each quarter instead of two 8th beats like we did earlier. This is called subdivision and we can subdivide many different types of notes, not just 8th notes. We’ve divided the 1 beat into 2 by saying the name of the beat plus the word and/& by it.which gives us to 8th beats per quarter beat. These notes get just ½ a beat so we have to come up with something that comes after “1” to represent the second half of that beat. There is an easy way to count these notes as well. Now we come to notes that have beats that are less than 1 whole beat…such as 8th notes and 16th notes. Quarter notes are counted by saying each number under one note since we have 4 quarter notes in the measure that correspond with each of the 4 counts.Half notes are counted by saying 1,2 under the first half note, and 3, 4 under the second half note. ![]() Whole notes are counted by just saying 1, 2, 3, 4 while playing the note the whole time.In other words, there are 4 quarter beats in each measure. For this lesson, we’re using a 4/4 time signature which means that there are 4 beats in each measure and the quarter note gets the beat. When it comes to counting each of these types of note durations, we have to learn how to count each one separately first. Why? Because there are 2 eighth notes in a quarter note…so if there are two 16th notes in an eighth note, then we need to double that to get enough beats to make a quarter note. ![]() Think about this now…if there are two 16th notes in one eighth note, how many 16th notes are in a quarter note? Four…that’s right. If you divide a quarter note into 2, you get 2 eighth notes, and guess what…if you divide an eighth note into 2, you get two 16th notes.ĭividing the larger note duration in half gives you 2 of the next smaller note duration…always. If you divide a half note into 2, you get 2 quarter notes. If you divide a whole note into 2, you get 2 half notes. There is a common pattern among all of these note durations that’s very interesting. If you are at the place that you’re ready to learn to count 16th notes, then you already know how many beats whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes get and how to count them. They just look so fast! They are fast, but the good news is that we can learn them slowly. 16th notes are a bit intimidating when we first encounter them in our piano music.
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