![]() So while an 8th note gets half a beat in a 4/4 time signature, in a time signature with 8 at the bottom (for example 6/8), the 8th note gets one beat. In time signatures, the top number indicates how many beats in a measure while the bottom number indicates the kind of note that gets a beat. How many beats an 8th note or rest gets will all depend on the time signature of the musical piece. In other words two eighth rests make up a quarter rest, while four of them make up a half rest, and eight 1/8 notes make up a whole rest. In a 4/4 time signature, a whole rest lasts for four beats, a 1/2 rest for two beats, a 1/4 rest for one beat and an 1/8 rest for half a beat.Īn eighth rest is half the length of a quarter rest. Imagine hearing a speaker go on and on without any pause between the words. The combination of rests and notes makes music interesting. ![]() While the note makes a sound, the rest is silent. For instance a quarter rest has the same duration as a quarter note, a half rest has the same duration as a half note and a whole rest lasts as long as a whole note. Highly Recommended: Click here for one of the BEST piano/keyboard courses I’ve seen online.Įach of these rests correspond with a particular note value. There are different types of rests, these include the quarter rest, half rest and whole rest. ![]() Your feedback is valuable! Feel free to tell me what you think about the topics covered or give ideas for new tutorials that you would like to see added.Let’s learn about the eighth rest, also called the quaver rest (British).įirst of all, a musical rest is a symbol used in music to represent silence. For questions, please ask via the feedback form. Graphics and audio will be created by me based on your instructions. To author a tutorial or quiz, only written content is needed. If you or someone you know would like to author some of the tutorials, please let me know by sending a message to me via the feedback form. Here's how it looks on the keyboard: Authors Wanted Remember that B to C is a naturally occuring half step, so lowering the B to B flat makes the interval half step larger, which makes this interval a whole step. Here's how it looks on the keyboard: B flat to C Why? The distance from F to G is a whole step, but raising the F to F# makes the interval smaller, which turns it into a half step. If you look at a keyboard, you can see that there is a note in between these two notes. Why? Because it consists of two half steps. Remember that the naturally occuring half steps are between B & C and E & F. Here are a few examples, just to help the concept sink in. Typically, you would call the half step between C and D a C sharp if there is a C sharp in the key signature or a D flat if there is a D flat in the key signature. ![]() For example, A flat is the same pitch as G sharp, and C sharp is the same pitch as D flat. Several notes share the same pitch but have different names. The interval between G and A is a whole step because it consists of two half steps (G to A flat and A flat to A). If we lower the B to B flat, we make the interval larger by increasing the distance between the two notes by half step, which now makes the interval a whole step. The interval between B and C is also a naturally occuring half step. The distance between E and F# is now a whole step because it consists of two half steps (E to F and F to F#). The interval between E and F is a naturally occuring half step, but if we raised F to F#, we then make the distance further apart. Remember from the last lesson that accidentals raise or lower notes by half steps. In the key of C Major, those two half steps are between B & C and E & F. In a major scale, there are two naturally occuring half steps. Those are the two naturally occuring half steps in a major scale. The distance between the 3rd and 4th notes and the 7th and 8th notes are half steps. The distance between the first two notes in a Major scale is a whole step. ![]() All Major scales follow this exact pattern: W W H W W W H (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half). Naturally Occuring Half StepsĮach note is a certain distance apart from the next, and they form a pattern that repeats. The distance from A to B, however, is a whole step because it consists of two half steps. The distance from B to C is a half step because no other notes fall between them. For now we are only considering Major scales. We'll discuss the difference between Major and minor scales, as well as other scales/modes, at a later time. This is a major scale in the key of C Major. The C Major scale starts from C and ends at C. Since we haven't learned key signatures yet, we'll relate them to the key of C Major, which has no sharps or flats. In this lesson, we will only learn about the half and whole step intervals. An interval is the distance between two notes. ![]()
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