Lesson Summary
The time signature 3/4 tells us that the music is in triple meter. Additionally, it tells us that macrobeats will be represented by a dotted half note, and microbeats will be represented by quarter notes. Note that there is only one macrobeat in each measure.
Rhythm Cells in 3/4
Reading Rhythm Patterns in 3/4
If there have:
“1/4 1/4 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/16”, how to read these?
“1/4 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8”, how to read these?
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Many of us use the syllable “Ka” for further divisions of the beat.
“1/4 1/4 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/16” = Du Da Di-Ka Ta-Ka
“1/4 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8” = Du Da-Ta Di-Ta