The Eighth Note
This is an eighth note and is worth half a count or a half a beat (3) in * time.
There are eight eighth notes in one bar of * time.
Groups of two or four eighth notes are joined together with a beam, e.g.:
This is an example of a commonly used basic rock pattern containing eighth notes on the hi-hat and a "four on the floor" bass drum pattern.
Eighth notes are introduced into the bass drum line of this example.
These two examples vary the rhythm of the bass drum.
Eighth notes are introduced into the following snare drum pattern.
The Eighth Note Rest
This is an eighth note rest and indicates silence for the count of one eight note.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Swinging a Groove
3- Sixteenth Notes
4- The Sixteenth Note Triplet
5- The Quarter Note
6- Triplets
7- The Eighth Note
8- Explanation of Notation
9- Second Line
10- The Dot
11- The Eighth Note Triplet
12- Syncopation
13- The Drum Fill
14- Open and Closed Hi-Hats
15- Buzz Stroke
16- Rudiments of music
17- The Quarter Note Triplet
18- Triplet Subdivision
19- Time Signatures
20- The Twelve Eight Feel
21- The Flam
22- The Shuffle Rhythm
23- Repeat Signs
24- The Paradiddle
25- The Tie
26- Note Values
27- Anticipation
28- Understanding Note Values
29- The Paradiddle-diddle
30- The Metronome