1. An Instant Beginners Guide To Rhythm And
Note Lengths For Keyboard or Piano
Rhythm is a very important factor in music and shapes and forms a song. Whatever style you play
your song will consist of rhythm and different note lengths which makes up your music.
When you listen to a piece of music, all the notes don't sound the same length. Below is the basic
information you need to teach yourself about the different note lengths and their names. It's
particularly important to understand the connection with the rhythm in music and for you to feel the
music beats when playing the piano and be able to differentiate between them all.
This will help you progress with your musical journey on the piano.
It is good to have an understanding of note lengths and common rhythms in music, as this is the
base for any song you will play. Without rhythm your song wouldn't be of any existence. It wouldn't
sound like a song, just like someone playing random notes without any pattern or melody to it. It
would sound dull and uninteresting. Rhythm is the brains behind music and is what makes it exciting
and changeable.
NOTE LENGTHS AND THEIR NAMES
A SEMIBREVE is equal to four beats, which means you hold the note for four beats when you see this
sign in your music.
A MINIM is equal to two beats, which means you hold the note for two beats when you see this sign
in your music.
A CROTCHET is equal to one beat, which means you hold the note for 1 beat when you see this sign
in your music.
A QUAVER is equal to 1/8 beat, which means you hold the notes for ½ beat when you see this sign in
your music.
You have two other rhythms in music, one being called a dotted crotchet and the other called a
dotted minim.
For the Dotted Crotchet, it is worked out by taking the crotchet beat note length of one beat,
dividing this in two, which gives you a half. You then add this onto the length of your crotchet beat,
which is equal to 1.5 beats in your music.

2. For the dotted minim, the same theory is applied as the Dotted Crotchet. A minim is worth 2 beats,
so you divide this in two to get 1 beat and then add this beat onto your minim, so it is now worth 3
beats in your music.
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