Like any other note, a sixteenth note is one of the important fundamentals you want to learn. Sixteenth note is essential when you get into higher levels of learning music. Learning sixteenth note will not only help you with rhythmic counting foundation but also it will bring you a new world of understanding how fast music is composed of.
Like the board game Othello, music theory only takes a minute to learn. Read the rest of our music theory articles today! Started learning music when she was four years old, Stephanie is a music teacher and a music therapist who is highly proficient in Piano, Violin, Guitar, and Ukulele.
She likes to learn, teach, and share her music playing experiences. In Unit 9 you learned the following about compound meter: the dotted quarter note sustains for a beat and the eighth note sustains for one-third of a beat.
Therefore, the sixteenth note sustains for one-sixth of a beat. The graphic above shows two possible ways of counting sixteenths in compound meter.
Eighth notes and sixteenth notes frequently beam together to form groups that add up to one beat. The example above shows three of the many possible combinations. In compound meter, the dotted the eighth note sustains for one-half of a beat. The dotted eighth note is usually paired with a sixteenth note.
One possible combination is above. The score is a like map that leads you as an explorer to the site of musical treasure. Once there, you have to dig deep into the notation to unearth musical gems. Some composers are explicit about the type of musical treasure they want you to find. For example, in this series, Mark Popeney, Bahaa El Ansary and Ashraf Fouad are detailed and precise about dynamics, ornaments and articulations. I encourage you to do the same.
However, it is important to note that some composers deliberately create scores free of extra notations. Typically, these composers entrust you to add dynamics, ornaments and articulations according to your artistic sensibility. The following piece uses beams over rests to help emphasize beat groupings. Some musicians believe sight-reading is easier when this type of rhythmic notation is used. Throughout this series, you are welcome to play on any type of guitar you choose nylon string, steel string or electric.
However, if you would eventually like to perform the following piece, please note that the composer recommends using a steel-string guitar. Cueurs Desolez Par Toutes Nations is ultimately meant for voice with guitar accompaniment. You might want to quickly review the lesson on eighth notes now so that you can compare the symbols. This is done to make the beats of the music more obvious to see. Notice how the example with no beaming looks like a total mess. On the other hand, by beaming the sixteenth notes in groups of four it makes two things very easy to see….
Shown above is the timing exercise for this lesson. Before you start practising it, I need to point out a couple of things to you…. I also recommend, at least in the initial stages of learning the exercise, to say the counting out aloud.
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