Rhythm and Meter

Rhythm

Early rhythm notation

Lesson: Note durations

Note elements


Notation guidelines

[Noteheads]
[Stems]

Rests

Whole and half rests
Eighth and sixteenth rests

Ties and Dots

Ties
Dots
Double dots


Meter


Duple, triple, and quadruple

[Hymns]

Meter Types

simple division
compound division

[Hymns]

   

Time signatures

Lesson: Simple and compound meters

Possible time signatures