Sixteenth Notes
This is a sixteenth note. At a fixed tempo, it is played twice as fast as an eighth note or four times faster than a quarter note. We could say therefore that two sixteenth notes equal one eighth note.
There are sixteen sixteenth notes in one bar of * time.
In this example the hi-hat plays sixteenth notes.
This example introduces a rhythmic variation to the bass drum.
Sixteenth notes are introduced into the bass drum rhythm of this example.
The next example contains the same bass drum rhythm as the previous one but changes the hi-hat rhythm to eighth notes.
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