Fiddlermans Rhythm Chart

Learn your RHYTHMS

by: Fiddlerman
Half note = 2 beats A dot adds half the value = 3 beats Quarter note = 1 beat

4 &4 w

Whole note = 4 beats 1 2 3 4

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3 4

Half note = 2 beats 2

1 2 3 4 Dotted eighth adds half the value and becomes 1/8th plus 1/16th = 3 16th notes

Eighth note = 1/2 a beat

1 & 2 & 3 & 4

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j j . . . . . . &
1 e & da 2 e & da 3 e & da 4 e & da
1&2 & 3&4 &
1e&da 2e&da 3e&da 4e&da

Sixteenth note = 1/4 beat = 4 notes per beat

Dotted quarter adds half the value and becomes 1 quarter plus an eighth = 3 eighth notes

1 &da 2 &da 3 &da 4 &da

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1 e da 2 e da 3 e da 4 e da

Upsidedown hat = 4 beats rest 1 2 3 4

1e& 2e& 3e& 4e&

Hat = 2 beats rest next rest = 1 beat next 2 = 1/2 a beat

1 2

3 4&

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This first rest is a 1/6th rest and = to 1/4 of a beat

1 e &da 2 & 3 4

3 3 3 j 3 j3 3j 3 3

3 eighth note triplets = one beat

1 & da 2 & da 3 & da 4 & da

1 & da 2 & da 3 & da 4 & da

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