I am confused about eigth notes?!
Question: I am learning eighth notes on my piano. How many times do you hit the key when you see a pair of eighth notes, (two quarter notes put together, basically)
I am also confused about the counting.
Can anyone explain to me?
Answers: I am learning eighth notes on my piano. How many times do you hit the key when you see a pair of eighth notes, (two quarter notes put together, basically)
I am also confused about the counting.
Can anyone explain to me?
At the bottom is a link to a review of basic counting. Yes, you play each note, just faster than the quarter note. If you have 4 quarter notes in a measure, think 1 2 3 4 as you play them. When you have eighth notes, count the measure as 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
So, if your measure has 3 quarter notes & then 2 eighth notes, you play each quarter note for both the number & the and. When you get to the eighth notes, press the piano key on "4" & again on "and"
Here's another way to think of it. Each set of parenthesis is you playing the note & the words inside what you say.
(1 and) (2 and) (3 and) (4) (and)
It is really hard to understand by reading... if you are still stumped after the website, see if you can find someone who reads music who can count it out for you.
Best of luck!
with eight notes, you hit they the key twice, if you can count quarter notes then eigth notes equals one quarter note...so...
if there is one eight note, you press the key twice in one beat...
An eighth note is worth ONE BEAT as you play them faster. You hit the key twice, quicker than you would play two quarter notes.
If there is an eighth note, instead of counting "1 2 3 4" (if it is four-four time) then you count "1 and 2 and 3 and 4", being sure to include the "ands".
XOXO,
Laurie
A pair of eighth notes is hit twice... once for each eighth note.
If you think of notes as like pieces of pie... a quarter note is one piece of the pie (so 4 quarter notes get counts 1, 2, 3, 4). Two pieces of pie together would be a half note (one half note gets counts 1,2) and all four pieces together would be a whole note (one whole note gets all four counts).
And eighth note is like when you split your piece of pie in half. Two eighth nothes for every quarter notes.
If you are clapping your quarter notesand counting, you start the quarter note every time your hands actually come together, right? Eighth notes are half of a quarter note, and count every time your hands come together AND every time your hands open. So you would count it as "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &"... hands clap on the numbers, hands open on the "&".
Hope that makes sense!! (I've never tried to teach the concept NOT in person! It's kind of hard!! Heh)
1 ----- 2 ---3 -- 4 ---- 5 --- 6 ----7 ---8
"one and two and three and four and"
normally you go "one two three four, one two three four"
when you are counting the notes.
just add a note inbetween each count... "and two and three and four........."
i hope thats not too confusing