The Sixteenth Note

Lesson 2/41 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Bass

The Sixteenth Note

This is a sixteenth note. It lasts for one quarter of a beat. There are four sixteenth notes in one beat. There are 16 sixteenth notes in one bar of * time.

The example below has three beats of sixteenth notes followed by one beat of eighth notes. Alternate picking is used when playing sixteenth notes.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- The Eighth Note 3- The Dotted Quarter Note 4- Notes on the 3rd String (A String) 5- Sharp Signs 6- The C Major Scale 7- Notes on the 1st String (G String) 8- The Sixteenth Note 9- The Tie 10- Eighth Note Triplets 11- Creating Your Own Bass Line 12- Tuning Your Bass 13- Rests 14- The Hammer-On (H) 15- The Octave 16- Shuffle Rhythm 17- Arpeggio Playing 18- Turnaround Progressions 19- Tuning the Bass to Itself 20- Approach to Practice 21- Alternate Picking 22- Notes on the 4th String (E String) 23- Understanding the Score Symbols 24- 12 Bar Blues 25- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 26- Bass Guitars 27- Syncopation 28- The Chromatic Scale 29- Notes on the 2nd String (D String) 30- Notes on the Bass Fretboard 31- Amplifiers 32- The G Major Scale 33- Strings 34- Tuning Your Instrument 35- Playing Position 36- The Right Hand 37- The Left Hand 38- How to Read Music 39- Music Notation 40- Fretboard Diagram 41- Using a Metronome

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The Sixteenth Note