What to write? (continued)

I wonder what you’re thinking about those black circles with a line on them

"Is the dotted black 1 beat?"

"Is the blank circles a whole 4 beats?"

"What are those?'

"Where do they come from?"

The answers are:

Yes it is one beat

Yes that blank circle is 4 beats

Those circle with sticks on them are called stems

Here is a picture of they actually look like....

There are 2 more Musical stems but these 5 are the main ones focused in writing music unless you want to be advanced.

Soooooo this is how they all work is that each note has a specific timing.

The way they are counted like in the last blog 1-2-3-4 this time its more like:

 1-e-+-a-2-e-+-a-3-e-+a-4-e-+a.

This is called Syncopation.

The things next to the notes saying rest is the same thing as the note but they go in silence as in like it says “Rest” on the whole note so those 4 seconds gives you time to take a breather and prepare for the next measure.

A whole note is all 4 beats so the chord or singer sings for four seconds on the same note or words on the key it’s on. So if you go for a high pitch you must maintain that high pitch for 4 seconds.

A half note is a 1-2 so in a measure the half notes make 4 seconds and a measure. Same thing with the rest but if there is a different note then you had 2 seconds to rest and be read for the next not or measure.

A quarter note is what you saw in my previous blog for my project where I had to count ho many notes there are in one measure. It’s basically one second to be in precise. Same with the res just one second to catch a quick inhale or exhale.

The eight note is different meaning it’s not a second but half a second meaning it goes like 1-a-2-3-a-4-a. Like saying 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi 3 Mississippi 4 Mississippi. Now the rest has to be a quick one like moving your finger slightly to change the pitch.

Lastly the sixteenth note is between that Mississippi examples I showed up there. Like a ¼ of that one second. It’s tricky at first but as you progress you’ll learn how to interpret that note.