Music Theory Applied

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BLOG : MUSIC THEORY APPLIED Sub Topic: Rhythm and Tempo - Basic  UNIT: 1 Lesson 3 Time Signature In this unit we will study: The measure, Time Signature  There application in songs and musical pieces Practice sheet (free download) Composition Time Signature: A Symbol drawn in the beginning of the music, which shows how many beats are there in a measure.   Measure : A measure is place between two vertical bar lines.   Time signature is written after the clef. The upper number shows the number of beats in a bar, and the bottom number shows the type of beat.  In this picture the upper number 3 shows that there will be 3 beats in a bar, and the bottom number 4 shows each beat will be 1/4th note.  Exercise 1: How many beats are there in the below picture ?  Exercise 2 : What type of beat is in the picture ?   Official teacher for Rock School London, https://cloud.rslawards.com/music/find-

Unit 2 :  Note Values In this unit we will study about  Different note values and  Its application.  Practice sheet ( Free Download )  Composition sheet  Semi Breve : Also known as Whole Note, which has value equals to 4 crotchets. Please check the chart.  Minim : Also known as half note , which has value equals to 2 crotchets.  Crotchets: We have already learnt in the previous lesson , check the link below. ( music-theory-applied-rhythm-and-tempo.html ) Quaver: Also known as eighth note , which has a value equals to 1/8th of crotchet. That means 1 crotchet is equals to 2 quavers Semi quaver : Also known as sixteenth note, which has a value equals to 1/16th of crotchets. That means 1 crotchet is equals to 16 semi quavers.   Song analysis:  Lets analyse a song with minims in it For complete score: please check Rockschoolawards ( https://www.rslawards.com/rockschool/ ) Song: Heathens      Band: Twenty

Sub Topic: Rhythm and Tempo - Basic  UNIT: 1 In this unit we will study: The note values  There application in songs and musical pieces Practice sheet (free download) Time values  To understand the topic Rhythm and Tempo it is recommended to first understand the time values.  Take a close observation to your wrist watch or a wall clock ticking. Tic Tok, Tic Tok, Tic Tok, Tic Tok. You will find it very even and regular and we can say it as a steady pulse going on every “Beat” a “Crotchet”. Which will look  something like this                                                                   Tic.            Tok.               Tic.               Tok Just like a soldier marching on a Beat, Left- Right- Left- Right. Crotchet Note : A Crotchet note has a value of 1 beat. It is written tail on/up till the 3rd line of the staff and tail facing down on the left side when written above the 3rd line. To understand this in a modern te