Just as there are symbols to represent the duration of notes, there are also symbols to represent the duration of silence. We call them “rests” and they follow the same principles as the note values.
Category: Reading Music
Reading Rhythm (part 3)
In this article we talk about the tie and the dotted notes. These two things are ways to increase the duration of the notes, and provide a lot of flexibility to write rhythm.
Reading rhythm (part 2)
In this article we will expand on time signatures and the way the different note values interact with them.
006 Reading Rhythm (part 1)
Reading rhythm (part 1) Hey there, in the previous article we talked about reading pitch, in this article we will begin the conversation around reading the duration of notes. A lot of the following things are going to make much more sense when we apply them to pieces or song that we are trying to…… Continue reading 006 Reading Rhythm (part 1)
005 Music notation and the fretboard
Music Notation (part 1) Music notation is a very broad topic. In this article we will focus on one aspect of it: writing and reading pitch (how low or high a note is), and we will of course apply it to the guitar. The staff The first thing we need is what we call “music…… Continue reading 005 Music notation and the fretboard