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Note lengths And Rhythm, Rest=Silence, rare unless used for a snare drum…
Note lengths And Rhythm
Application
every sound in music has a particular duration or length
duration is important in musical time
Rhythm is the succession of durations creating sound and silence
Duration Provides the basic building blocks upon which rhythm is based
when durations in music are aligned with the pulse
they can be expressed and represented as fractions or multiples of the beat cycle
syncing sound events with the beat in music helps create a lively and dynamic feel
Common note lengths
Half note
2 beats
Quarter note
1 beat
eighth note
sixteenth note
1/2
Whole Note
4 beats
Thirty-second note
1/4 beat
1/8 beat
Note lengths represent sound and silence
Determines how fast or slow the music is felt to be going
REST
gaps in music act as musical punctuation
Spaces between notes help to define and shape the rhythm
Empty space in the piano roll =Rest
good for notating rhythm
good representing durations
Rest=Silence
rare unless used for a snare drum roll