Understanding Rhythm (Beginner Piano Theory)

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Quarter Note - 1:00 Half Note - 1:28 Whole Note - 2:15 Eighth Note - 3:42 Dotted Half Note - 5:18 Dotted Quarter Note - 7:03

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Loved this lesson!!! Could you please make a video on playing these notes with a beat on piano. Thanks!

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7:04 I'm confused. Won't this mean it would be " One and Two" where the qurater note is held for "One and", and the Eigth note is played on "Two"?

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That would be true if it was just a quarter note, because a quarter note lasts the entire One-and. But this one is a DOTTED Quarter note (see the little dot next to it?). That means it lasts for a quarter note PLUS an eight note.

[@mariz1968]

Why is it resulted in two though? I get it. From dotted half note which resulted in 3. 2 + 1 = 3 From dotted quarter note which resulted in 1 and 1/2. But why add another quarter note?

[@seifnaguib1]

Etienne I believe that it has to complete whole beats. You can’t leave it hanging on half a beat. I guess it’s ok. I don’t think it is theoretically wrong. I think would just not sound as good as it should. I’m guessing btw; I’m a beginner myself as well

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You're right, thanks for mentioning that ....its one and two, there is a mistake in the video

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As a soloist; When I count and play per note values, I sound robotic and exactly like everybody else. Everything I play from Bach to Beethoven to Brahms sounds EXACTLY like every other person who has and will ever play it bc we are all adhering to the exact same rules of music notation. When I ignore note values and, instead, INTERPRET the notation as more of a musical “thought” by the Composer, I then sound original, creative, passionate, and artistic. The robotic metronomic-like counting is scrapped in place of the freedom to take the thought of the Composer and express it through one’s own emotions regardless whether it adheres to structure, note values, or rigid theoretical boundaries. Interesting how few tutorials there are on KZbin taking these types musical freedoms and creative interpretations through personal expression yet there are literally millions of videos on musical rules, structure, and endless theory. I now understand why music had it’s Renaissance Era 3-4 centuries ago and has spiraled downward since...Creativity and Artistic Freedoms crushed out in favor of Music Theory and endless notation rules. I love music but sheesh...🙃

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Very helpful idk why Im finding it so hard to understand when reading this information in a book 😂

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Thanks it helped me a lot .But can you make a video on how to read notes which has lines over it?

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great video, do you have any other video regarding rythm ? while u play them on piano ? instead of clapping

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What about 1/16th notes, Lisa?

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is there a video she posted this where she plays examples of these on the piano. like these specificly. im having a hard time understanding fully

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[@WuHeDo]

can one say that dotted quarter note is a half note for simplicity ? or would that be wrong? because they have the same value, just like dotted half note is like half note + quarter note for simplicity?

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I’ve seen 12 1/8 notes crammed into a 4/4 measure before and that just threw me off. Could they be 1/16 notes?

[@andrewglagau8685]

I'm not sure how this would go with piano as I've just began to learn piano, but when I was learning the bass, I've learnt to pencil small vertical lines under the down beat notes and pat your hand on your lap while having the other hand above which gives you the up beat. I found this really handy when it comes to working out how to play difficult patterns using dotted 8th followed by a 16th note and in a row it would be a shuffle. However, when working with bars that have 8th and 16 notes I put 8 pencil lines per bar so there's no other way to go but up or down. So if I could say something like: Da Da Da Da Da etc... Once I've worked out the meter (note) pattern, I find the notes on the bass then put them together.

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My trouble with reading rhythms that I haven't heard before is ties, and counting through measures. But its always interesting to see music written out that I know because its like oh yeah that does make sense. It might help to know this stuff is all mathematical...if yo have trouble with either rhythmic notation or fractions try to apply your confidence about one to the other.

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Rythm is my arch nemisis I don’t know how to write it into music I’m not sure what the notation is for triad chords either

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Madame Lisa Witt, I'm a (subscribed) fan of dear Madame Aimee Nolte (Jazz piano inspirational master) but I find that you are also really very impressive at explaining music theory and filling the gaps in finger practice things. Your cheerful, fast paced and clear style not only shines but also attracts (subscribed) ;-) by the way, I think you omitted 1/16 th notes ?