This week, reading rhythms in 4/4

This wee we are going to concentrate on reading rhythms only in simple time with a time signature of 4/4

That means rhythms with four crotchets to a bar

Note values

The note head and tail tell you the time value of the note in the bar. We use the English names for notes, unlike the Americans which call them by their numeric value

Rest values

Rests, or silences in the bar, also have their own values

How to count a bar

When reading rhythm, it is uesful to think about the smallest practical devision of the bar. This is most often semiquavers, depending on the tempo. A system many use is One-E-and-A

What song is this

Look at the rhythm and see if you can work it out

What song is this

Look at the rhythm and see if you can work it out

And this one?

What is wrong with this bar?

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Adding up the numbers

Every bar has a complete number of divisions of the beat. In 4/4 there are:

1 Semibreve

2 Minims

4 Crotchets

8 Quavers

16 Semiquavers

32 Demisemiquavers

64 Hemidemisemiquavers

Adding up the numbers

Every bar has a complete number of divisions of the beat. In 4/4 there are:

1 Semibreve

2 Minims

4 Crotchets

8 Quavers

16 Semiquavers

32 Demisemiquavers

64 Hemidemisemiquavers

Adding up the numbers

Every bar has a complete number of divisions of the beat. In 4/4 there are:

1 Semibreve

2 Minims

4 Crotchets

8 Quavers

16 Semiquavers

32 Demisemiquavers

64 Hemidemisemiquavers

What to do now

I have set a new bunch of practice tasks for you on Tonesavvy. Please check you emails and see how you get on with them. We will come back to intervals after half term

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