2.3: Duration of Notes and Rests
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Note Durations
Please follow this link to read more about note duration.Rhythmical Exercise
Tap your foot and clap your hands twice faster than a foot tap.
You will clap two eighth notes per one quarter foot tap.
Experiment with various note durations.
Durations of Rests
Rests identify measured segments of silence in a piece of music. A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value:
Please follow this link to read more about rest duration.Contributors and Attributions
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- Understanding Basic Music Theory. Authored by: Catherine Schmidt-Jones. Provided by: OpenStax CNX. Located at: https://cnx.org/contents/2ad74b7b-a72f-42a9-a31b-7e75542e54bd@3.74:7/Duration-Note-Lengths-in-Writt. License: CC BY: Attribution