Understanding Half Notes – Tricky little critters!
Half Notes are difficult to learn, but just know that every note is based and related to every other note. So what’s that mean? Well, quarter notes are half the beat of half notes. Half notes get half the beat that whole nots get, etc. So the first step is the hardest. The video below will help uyou, and the chart below that will show you the ‘Note Tree’ – which lays out all the notes and their duration!
Notice below is a ‘Note Tree’. Whole notes get 4 beats, Half notes get 2 beats, Quarter Notes get 1 beat, and Eighth notes get 1/2 a beat.
Picture provided by www.hammondjazz.comSo the math shows you that Half Notes equal two quarter notes in music. So you may be asking yourself “What’s a Beat?”. Watch this video to find out and when you’re finished with that one, be sure to follow the second video.
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