Whole, half and quarter notes
Figure 6.1 at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
How to Read Music · 4th edition
Every example in Part 6
How to Read Rhythm
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Notes and rests
Figure 6.2 at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
A note extended across the bar line
Figure 6.4 at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Four quarter notes
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Counting eighth notes
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Counting sixteenth notes
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
An eighth note and two sixteenths
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Two sixteenths and an eighth note
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
A sixteenth, an eighth and a sixteenth
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
A dotted eighth and a sixteenth
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
A sixteenth and a dotted eighth
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Eighth-note triplets
This rhythm twice at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Count along.
Polyrhythm: Two lines together
Figure 6.6's two lines together, twice, at 60 BPM: the upper line high, the lower line low.
Polymeter
Figure 6.7's two lines together at 80 BPM.
Checkpoint 6.1: Six bars of rhythm
Checkpoint 6.1's rhythm at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Answer first, then listen to check yourself.
Checkpoint 6.2: Notes and rests
Checkpoint 6.2's rhythm at 60 BPM over a soft beat, after one bar of the beat alone. Answer first, then listen to check yourself.