Musical Rhythm 8th and 16th notes
The most common eight note and sixteenth note rhythms. I go through the same rhythm with the written notes, with the counting at 100 beats per second, and slowed down at 70 beats per second. I used a fantom x8 to create most of the sounds and then played them through a line 6 podxt to add some effects. I programmed all the drums right in my sequencer software (sonar 3!) The visuals were created with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0. (Except the note images which were exported from Finale. This exercise is a suppliment to the exercises for my book “How to Read Musical Rhythm Like a Genius”. Check out www.Patternpiano.com for more info.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Your video is great it helps me practice how diction works in to real life music in the real world. For my Sight-Singing 1 class were going through the eighth notes quarter notes also whole notes and dotted quarter notes sometimes it’s hard to tell when our professor plays on dotted quarter note in 4/4 time for diction. It’s fun trying clapping out the beats to your video.
May 8th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
lol wat is dis crap man
May 8th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
This video is the best that explains how it works. Thanks for making and posting!
May 8th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
This is too fast for a beginner .
May 8th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
@sesameseed77
Thank you now it makes so much more sense.
May 8th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
@mcspaznoob
“e +” is the 16th note division of the first two 16th notes in the beat. “+ a” is the 16th note division of the last two 16th notes in a beat. “e +” creates three evenly divided “strikes” but the last one is help out twice as long. Kind of like morse code “dot dot dash”, “. . – “. “+ a” is the opposite – “dash dot dot”, “- . . “. The second half of the measure is two sixteen notes. If you had an eight and two sixteeths, you would count the number of the beat and then “+ a”.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Can i get some help I get really confused on a part how is 1 e + different compared to 2 + a counting wise I am really confused with that part.
Thank you five stars.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Very helpful, just wish it was a tad slower. It’s hard for me to keep up. Thanks though!
May 8th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Thanks, I understood your directions,, I heard some music like this on the radio so I trawled where I’d heard something similar and found this. I think it’s a sign to play it daily until i understand it completely.Thanks sesameseed. I need more quality stuff like this.
May 8th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Uh, I’m talking dividing the beat. There are four beats in a typical measure, so a 16th note is a quarter of a beat — and one sixteenth of a measure. Oh, and don’t be a jerk. It looks bad, especially when you’re wrong.
May 8th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
At 0:26, those are not quarter beats, they’re 16ths. You idiot.
May 8th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
The best and simple way to understand rhythym
May 8th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
very helpful, its been along time since i’ve had music lessons
May 8th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
the single most helpful video i have seen understand rhythym
May 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Great help!!!
Thanks a ton.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Great thanks.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
no it doesn’t. it also isn’t colored in.
May 9th, 2010 at 12:11 am
thanks it helped alot
May 9th, 2010 at 1:05 am
you are a legend!
May 9th, 2010 at 1:38 am
whole beat has a stem?!??!?!
May 9th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Great help thanks a million
May 9th, 2010 at 2:31 am
Thanks a lot for taking the time to put this togueter! it helped me a lot.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:46 am
Wow, thank you so much!!
I have so many gaps in my music reading skills…my ear took over and I’ve learned the hard way I can’t learn everything by ear(although I do try…) haha. Well thank you so much for helping me in my “fill in the gaps” project!
May 9th, 2010 at 3:21 am
Wow These lessons are awesome. !Thanks to whoever took the time to put them on here.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:31 am
i watched this vid to help me out with my high school audition. It helped a lot i loved the music it’s very catchy!