6 Rhythm
“You hit on the one, and then you would try to fit your different notes—what you felt—in-between that, you know. And that’s the funk.” - Bootsy Collins
Rhythm is the timing of musical sounds and silences over time.
Note | Symbol | Duration |
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Dotted whole note | | 6 beats |
Whole note | | 4 beats |
Dotted half note |
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3 beats |
Half note |
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2 beats |
Dotted quarter note |
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1 1/2 beats |
Quarter note |
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1 beat |
Dotted eighth note |
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3/4 beat |
Eighth note |
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1/2 beat |
Dotted sixteenth note |
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3/8 beat |
Sixteenth note |
|
1/4 beat |
Dotted thirty-second note |
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3/16 beat |
Thirty-second note |
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1/8 beat |
Dotted sixty-fourth note |
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3/32 beat |
Sixty-fourth note |
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1/16 beat |