Music Theory: Note Names, Rests & Dotted Notes

This video introduces each of the main types of notes, their rest symbol and explains the purpose/meaning of dots. It is intended as a 'beginners guide' to those students studying music theory.

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[@rolandmachingambi7599]

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[@puggle91]

How would this help? The length of the notes would vary with tempo, etc. The frequency depends on where the notes sit on the staves, and is not what this lesson is about.

[@simonkamel5782]

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[@BallJoinedWing]

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[@linellespooner1837]

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[@panditramtoolsee7597]

hello sir, i need your help, what is the letter name of the highest note? and lowest note? the value of shortest note?

[@LowescC]

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[@bgbbggbg]

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i just love the way you explain things soo clearly, thanks a lot!

[@dynamipillsmusic2197]

even After 9 years, this video is so helpful and insightful. Thank you so much

[@avamarkland376]

I have a music test tomorrow and I knew hardly anything about notes and this helped a lot thank you

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[@melonydever]

I was wondering: Why are semibreves called semibreves? Is there a really uncommon note called a breve that's worth 8 beats?

[@musictheoryguy]

+Melony That's correct! A breve is a note worth 8 beats and while it is fairly uncommon nowadays it was often used in sacred music such as plainchant. For further clarity this is the name used by the British note naming system, the American system would call a semibreve a whole note and a breve a double-whole note. Hope this helps!

[@melonydever]

+musictheoryguy Yes, very much. Thank you!

[@thecompoundshop9322]

You can also get even longer notes: a 'longa' is worth 16 beats while a 'maxima' is worth 32. But you don't ever see these anymore as the earliest composers used a breve as a brief note and a semibreve as a very brief and short note. As music was beginning to get quicker, notes became even shorter than semibreves and now the whole system has sort of shifted down a bit to how we recognise it👍

[@jerinjoyoommen]

They are not brave enough to be called as breve...so they go by semi breve.. ;)

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[@sibandamemory542]

HOW DO YOU PUT BRIEVE AT A STERVE

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[@karmasicy4002]

Its been 6 years can u play?

[@tinadollente1878]

Thank you so much! I'm self-learning music theory and this video helped me a lot. Will watch the others ❤️

[@tiffany3879]

It gets easier once you learn them

[@marcolumentah835]

but i still don't know how it sounds ...

[@dinajoran4702]

Depends on the instrument you are playing and the speed, it is more of a ration thingy, one beat does not automatically equal one second unless you choose that speed on purpose.

[@xyzyzx1253]

Count it, and clap you’re hands, or click your fingers. Make music out of them if you can :)

[@BallJoinedWing]

Do you know yet?

[@Robs5000graves]

Seriously you have helped me out beyond words!

[@inkeyfingers8233]

American, x-dj, writing house.. ABSOLUTELY going to start using the british terms instead of american just to be a jerk to my friends.... lol

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I'll just byzantine terminology on you then ;) Ne, Pa, Bou, Ga, Thee, Ke, Zo, Ne

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I just love how he explains thoroughly.

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[@myelyncallenero352]

I love your explanation Sir, coz it's very clear.

[@olgaaguarod2376]

a complete video for notes and rests including American and British terms

[@traviscarver4708]

Thank you so much for your videos and lucid explanations! I am studying classical guitar this coming fall at the university and I need to brush up on these types of things. You have wonderful videos!

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Great work, I refer people to your video on my online tutorial! Thanks for all the hard work!

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Who else is watching this for homework 😂

[@foe]

This video made me feel dumb with the fractions on the eighth note and sixteenth.

[@benalichante1269]

Your explanations are very clear! I love you already Question: Are "values" referring to time? How can I identify the length of the notes?

[@xyzyzx1253]

You count them, so they’re referring to beats :) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & = a measure of 44 in eighth notes You could play that super slowly, or super quickly, that’s tempo, So long as the bar is split into 8 beats

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This is how too teach,explaining each concept with clear speech and good grammar,and not leaving any thing out witch would leave you with questions,very good teaching.

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Listening to this for homework🙄

[@urougethemadmonk131]

WOW!! You teach better than my music teacher.

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Ikr my music teacher says all this posh stuff I don’t frikin get ! LMAO 😂

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I'm literally watching this for my end of year exam 😭

[@ashisrai6265]

This is the Best Video ever on the internet about notes , rests, and and their values, extremely helpful,. Thank you so much for your effort and sharing and making this lucidly concvinient.....

[@allsonsoon9115]

do u have the video for the rules about grouping rests? nice video :)

[@YourOnlineMusicTeacher]

Grouping rest is the same as grouping notes

[@lp4everockzzz]

Thank You For Posting This Video, Now I Can Learn Music Theory

[@dylanplaying8550]

I actually wished you can do music quiz at the end.

[@musictheoryguy]

Coming soon! I'm working on it. My site will have the quizzes to accompany the videos: www.musictheoryvideos.com Best wishes.

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[@josephdurairaj1823]

It is so good I love the way you teach it very quickly and clearly.

[@maya8662]

Thank you so much! I love the pyramid you made as well as additional ‘hacks’ to help remember everything!!

[@Texy88]

hatuna matata That wouldn't really work in this video because its sound is dependent on factors such as how high or low the note-head is on the stave (which is outside the scope of this video) and the tempo of the piece of music in question (e.g. a crotchet in a piece of music marked with a tempo of 70 crotchets per minute would sound just like a minim in another piece marked with a tempo of 140 crotchets per minute).

[@davidwright8432]

Thank you; very clear explanations. Except : US, whole note. UK: SEMIbreve. Where does the breve live (clearly two semibreves!) But why start with 1/2 and equate it to US 1 ??? Plus, the UK system is inane in that the longer the name, the shorter the note!! Your systems of measurement are needlessly complicated. Even your adoption of metric measure is half hearted.

[@purplezebra223]

i just have to thank you soooo much! i really appreciate your help because thanks to your lessons i find it all comming together and making sence more easily :)

[@yaseminplaceboful]

I have a huge problem: In 2 other videos of the note without fully black coloured is A HALF NOTE and when not fully black coloured = a whole note. Here in this eksempel the note is not fully black coloured its half a note according to the other videos Ive seen, and the DOT brings 1/2 additional value to the half note = 1 note. So now Im totally confused "and very sad".

[@krishkolavi]

This video was very helpful , thank you so much for the detailed explanation .

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You.. yes YOU. You're amazing.

[@yaseminplaceboful]

I am sorry for complaining: NOW I understand: Because I listened again and again to figure out exactly what he says: a dot adds half the value of the tone ITSELF, not 1/2 to the tone value. Now it all makes sense. Forgive me.

[@achille-claudedebussy8548]

i love this video, it's very useful and you made it very clear and simple so we can understand all of this.

[@chickenosaurus_rex]

I think Chinese note names are a lot more easier to understand and remember. For example, just "one" for a quarter note and "four" for a whole note XD

[@rishabh97rk]

Very clear and understandable. Thank you sir

[@dnafication]

Simple and easy to understand... Appreciations for the video.

[@myelyncallenero352]

I would like to ask one thing about tremolo Sir because I'm having difficulty understanding various tremolo notes.

[@rleduc8]

Always excellent instruction!

[@Sharing13]

great video where is the beaming video????

[@SpaceZombie]

Couldn't be any clearer, thank you very much!

[@0Jenna7]

I thought the American's names were a description, not the names. But then again, that's essentially what the American's do, isn't it?

[@lordfreefire3557]

This shorly help me in my music test thanks

[@thewireful]

Hi you say that you look at beaming in another of your videos could you let me know which one it is. Thanks for the teaching

[@kunleaina9514]

I have a lot of test on music

[@nishabhatt6543]

Nice way of convincing. Can you please help me notations for song on "Come September"

[@Diamond18116]

Stephan many thanks for taking the patience for teaching us so many good lessons and advices

[@ggeasy8499]

5:33 Wouldn't that mean that for instance a dotted C will be a C# ?

[@YourOnlineMusicTeacher]

No

[@JohnDAvery-tf4td]

A single dot adds half the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2, 2 + 1, 4 + 2, etc. A second dot adds another quarter of the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4, 2 + 1 + 1/2, etc. It has nothing to do with altering the pitch of a note.

[@kimmichaelloodomamalin6637]

If Amercans have John Thompson for piano lessons, what about the British or Europeans?

[@lovelyfrenzy1]

Can you have a note with the value of 6 beats?

[@YourOnlineMusicTeacher]

Yes. It is a Semibreve dotted note

[@jakej2680]

I learned it as the whole rest 'holds' (whole) onto the bar, and the half rest sits on top of the bar like a 'hat' (half).

[@GOC-Karma]

Who came here from their teacher

[@royaltybrothers1921]

Thanks men for helping me with my homework the other videos don't explain 1 like for u

[@otv88]

One of the best music theory channels for sure. Thanks so much. Incredibly helpful.

[@musictheoryguy]

Thank you ☺️

[@maryiakanavalava2817]

you're making the best explanations, I'm starting to understand the whole system, thank you

[@ancamg]

I watched this to get a glimpse on the British notation. Quite weird for me. I originally learned music theory in a Romance language, and note value names are almost identical to the American. The only big difference is between Do, Re, Mi and C, D, E.

[@asadayo]

even when i try to escape math it always manages to find me in a completely unrelated place

[@divinemercyshailesh]

Very beautifully explained ...let the audio be little louder...

[@grettalemabouchou6779]

I recall the scene in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS when we were communicating through music and they spoke of quavers and semi quavers......it seemed so COMPLICATED...but you have happily set it to rights for me..................thankyou.

[@sailorguy9288]

U did a excellent job thanks.. appreciate your effort Man..

[@iancaldeian]

If "semi" as in semiquaver means half then why is the whole note called a semibreve?

[@nikosonex8237]

I had to do this for a class activity because of your great explaining 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chickenosaurus_rex]

Oh, and what about two dots next to the same note? Kinda confused about that

[@yaseminplaceboful]

this man is VERY SKILLED at explaining so that everyone NEW-bies understands. But just one thing from me as a complete newer: When you speak of value, you mean tones right? for example a value of 4 = 4 tones = whole tones on the piano right? Thank you so much for the way you explain this.

[@jiamuk]

Thanks for the vid.

[@jacobkordas1672]

0:25 no the American system is far better. Way more intuitive. It makes a lot more sense