The Eight Note
This is an eighth note and is worth half a count (or half a beat 3) in * time.
There are eight eighth notes in one bar of * time.
Groups of 2 or 4 eighth notes are joined together with a 'beam' e.g.
Examples 12
Bass Part - This example uses eighth notes only.
Drum Part - This is an example of a commonly used basic rock pattern, where eighth notes are played on teh hi-hat.
Examples 13 - 14
Bass Part - These examples combine eighth notes and previously covered concepts.
Drum Part - Eighth notes are introduced into the bass drum part in these examples.
The Eighth Note Rest
This is an eighth note rest and indicates silence for the count of one eighth note.
Class Sessions
1- Odd Time
2- Sixteenth Notes
3- INTRODUCTION
4- The Half Note
5- The Eight Note
6- Triplets
7- Explanation of Notation for Bass
8- <span class="symbolA">^</span> Time
9- Examples 66 and 67
10- Syncopation
11- Eighth Note Triplets
12- Shuffle Rhythm
13- 5/4 Time
14- The Tie
15- Tablature
16- Pick Up
17- Anticipation
18- Mixed Time
19- Explanation of Notation for Drums
20- The Quarter Note Triplet
21- <span class="symbolA">)</span> Time
22- Rudiments of Music
23- 7/4 Time
24- Time Signatures
25- Ghost Notes (Bass Only)
26- Repeat Signs
27- Sixteenth Note Triplets
28- Harmonics (Bass Only)
29- Understanding Note Values
30- Introductory Fill
31- First and Second Endings