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QuestionHow do you determine rhythm?
Michael Noble, PhDMichael Noble is a professional concert pianist who received his PhD in Piano Performance from the Yale School of Music. He is a previous contemporary music fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and has performed at Carnegie Hall and at other venues across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Professional PianistThe rhythm of a song or piece is signified by the types of notes that are used. -
QuestionWhat is rhythmic counting?Michael Noble, PhDMichael Noble is a professional concert pianist who received his PhD in Piano Performance from the Yale School of Music. He is a previous contemporary music fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and has performed at Carnegie Hall and at other venues across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Professional PianistCounting is in itself rhythmic. If you are counting, you are counting the beats (the top number of time signature) in any given measure. -
QuestionHow do you count 16th notes?Michael Noble, PhDMichael Noble is a professional concert pianist who received his PhD in Piano Performance from the Yale School of Music. He is a previous contemporary music fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and has performed at Carnegie Hall and at other venues across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Professional PianistA sixteenth note is a quarter of a quarter note value. If counting sixteenth notes in 4/4 time, each sixteenth would be counted as “1 e and a two e and a three e, etc.” At maximum, you could have 16 sixteenth notes in a measure in 4/4 time. -
QuestionHow do you count eighth notes?Michael Noble, PhDMichael Noble is a professional concert pianist who received his PhD in Piano Performance from the Yale School of Music. He is a previous contemporary music fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and has performed at Carnegie Hall and at other venues across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Professional PianistEighth notes in 4/4 time are half of a quarter note. There would be 8 eighth notes in 1 whole note. -
QuestionHow would you count the rhythm when the first not in the measure is a sixteen note connected to a dotted eight note? Do you begin with "1" or do you begin with "a1"?
Tutti FluteyCommunity AnswerStart with 1. Subdivide the sixteenth note into 1 E and A. The dotted eighth note with take the 1 e and the sixteenth note with take the A.
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