My DUDE...the most easiest, simple and clear explanation I've found so far in all of the tubeland! I wish I had you as my teacher when I first learned music in high school. 20+ years later I'm trying to re-learn it all. feedback: you mention other videos of yours that explain the concept you are talking about in more detail - please link those videos in description or in-screen link if possible.
This is how too teach,explaining each concept with clear speech and good grammar,and not leaving any thing out witch would leave you with questions,very good teaching.
This is the Best Video ever on the internet about notes , rests, and and their values, extremely helpful,. Thank you so much for your effort and sharing and making this lucidly concvinient.....
+Melony That's correct! A breve is a note worth 8 beats and while it is fairly uncommon nowadays it was often used in sacred music such as plainchant. For further clarity this is the name used by the British note naming system, the American system would call a semibreve a whole note and a breve a double-whole note. Hope this helps!
You can also get even longer notes: a 'longa' is worth 16 beats while a 'maxima' is worth 32. But you don't ever see these anymore as the earliest composers used a breve as a brief note and a semibreve as a very brief and short note. As music was beginning to get quicker, notes became even shorter than semibreves and now the whole system has sort of shifted down a bit to how we recognise it👍
im learning music in German(only speak Deutsch for 2 years) and when the teacher taught this....I didnt get it!!!!! now everything makes sense. I'll rewatch it for better understanding. Thanks so much!!
Omg! Thank you so much. I have been watching all your videos to learn music. I have a notebook and I am writing everything I have learnt so if I forgot I can go back and check it out!! I have everything thing in there tanks to you
i just have to thank you soooo much! i really appreciate your help because thanks to your lessons i find it all comming together and making sence more easily :)
Thank you so much for your videos and lucid explanations! I am studying classical guitar this coming fall at the university and I need to brush up on these types of things. You have wonderful videos!
wow! i took violin lessons for 10 years and understood more in this short video than i did in that time! now maybe i will finally learn how to count properly! lol. thanks so much!
How would this help? The length of the notes would vary with tempo, etc. The frequency depends on where the notes sit on the staves, and is not what this lesson is about.
I recall the scene in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS when we were communicating through music and they spoke of quavers and semi quavers......it seemed so COMPLICATED...but you have happily set it to rights for me..................thankyou.
I do not know much about music but I really love to write melodies and songs cause I like to sing and your channel has made everything so much better for me I am really learning a lot about sheet music which is making my writing process so much better !!Thank you so much
Depends on the instrument you are playing and the speed, it is more of a ration thingy, one beat does not automatically equal one second unless you choose that speed on purpose.
I still can’t belive I am learning music theory at my late thirties... the pandemic lockdown has changed my life totally, and since I have been working from home since March and I can’t practice contact sports I needed a new hobby. I always wanted to learn how to play guitar and now I had planty of time, so after few months I realized I am getting deeper and deeper into the music theory as well. I had music classes at the elementary school, but I don’t take care with it since then. However now I started to write simple riffs both on guitar and bass I need to document it somehow properly so I have to understand the “math” behind the music better...
One thing that might be of note (sorry for pun there) is that some early and/or hand-written music (such as vintage church music) might have the crotchet rest shown as what looks like a mirror-image of the quaver rest (i.e. with the arm pointing to the right instead of to the left). Although you don't tend to see this version of the crotchet rest so much now, if you do happen to see that version you'll know what it is.
Yes! You explain it very properly and i like your voice, unlike people that whispers in reading poems i mean like it doesnt sound good if you whisper, and that my friend ia why your voice is so good to listen too
this man is VERY SKILLED at explaining so that everyone NEW-bies understands. But just one thing from me as a complete newer: When you speak of value, you mean tones right? for example a value of 4 = 4 tones = whole tones on the piano right? Thank you so much for the way you explain this.
You count them, so they’re referring to beats :) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & = a measure of 44 in eighth notes You could play that super slowly, or super quickly, that’s tempo, So long as the bar is split into 8 beats
A single dot adds half the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2, 2 + 1, 4 + 2, etc. A second dot adds another quarter of the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4, 2 + 1 + 1/2, etc. It has nothing to do with altering the pitch of a note.
If a dot can be added to mean a value of half of any note.. does that mean that the only reason you would need any other time signature than 4/4 would be to place a note in the space where you could not place one ordinarily, because of the rigidity of the fixed spacing?
hatuna matata That wouldn't really work in this video because its sound is dependent on factors such as how high or low the note-head is on the stave (which is outside the scope of this video) and the tempo of the piece of music in question (e.g. a crotchet in a piece of music marked with a tempo of 70 crotchets per minute would sound just like a minim in another piece marked with a tempo of 140 crotchets per minute).
I have a huge problem: In 2 other videos of the note without fully black coloured is A HALF NOTE and when not fully black coloured = a whole note. Here in this eksempel the note is not fully black coloured its half a note according to the other videos Ive seen, and the DOT brings 1/2 additional value to the half note = 1 note. So now Im totally confused "and very sad".
One thing I don't understand. An isolated whole note or half a note cannot be identified as such unless there's a sequence of notes. Right? So isn't each note's value entirely dependent on the following or preceding note?
It used to be that a whole note was held for the entire measure regardless of time signature. Ditto for half-notes equalling half the measure. These days, however, a whole-note is typically worth four beats (in common time; half that in cut-common) while a half-note is typically worth two beats. A whole-note or half-note on its own in a measure isn't dependent on any other notes in the measure to determine its value.
You are a legend man thanks heaps😃😃😃😀😀 I have a music test tomorrow and thanks to you I think I will pass because you went over it really slow for me to understand so thanks heaps man. I might inform if I pass later in the coming weeks
Great lesson! Thank You. The American system is what I learnt on drums and now resent as it only refers to 4/4 or common time. The British system refers to the number of beats the note is held for and is applicable to every time signature. If you want a career in music, it is likely you will play outside of 4/4, so learn the British system first for logical continuity!
whoever taught you should have their license revoked, or did you learn from youtube? The american system covers every time signature out there available. We literally invented most of the musical genres in the world. Jazz, Hip hop, Rock.....etc. I would know I have a degree in Music and I do fine.
i’ve been playing the violin for 9 years now and i never took to the time to learn or even listen while they were teaching this & scales, i’m in highschool now and i play by feeling but it messes me up sometimes 🧍♀️ so i thank you
My DUDE...the most easiest, simple and clear explanation I've found so far in all of the tubeland! I wish I had you as my teacher when I first learned music in high school. 20+ years later I'm trying to re-learn it all.
feedback: you mention other videos of yours that explain the concept you are talking about in more detail - please link those videos in description or in-screen link if possible.
even After 9 years, this video is so helpful and insightful. Thank you so much
I have a music test tomorrow and I knew hardly anything about notes and this helped a lot thank you
My too🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you sir
This is how too teach,explaining each concept with clear speech and good grammar,and not leaving any thing out witch would leave you with questions,very good teaching.
i just love the way you explain things soo clearly, thanks a lot!
I just love how he explains thoroughly.
loving this music theory lesson by professor flitwick
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HOW DO YOU PUT BRIEVE AT A STERVE
nice one 👍🏻
Its been 6 years can u play?
Who’s watching this video for online school 😐
Me😏
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I'm watching this for my exam hhhhhhh-
Who is watching this in 2020
2021
This is the Best Video ever on the internet about notes , rests, and and their values, extremely helpful,. Thank you so much for your effort and sharing and making this lucidly concvinient.....
It gets easier once you learn them
Seriously you have helped me out beyond words!
you're making the best explanations, I'm starting to understand the whole system, thank you
Stephan many thanks for taking the patience for teaching us so many good lessons and advices
One of the best music theory channels for sure. Thanks so much. Incredibly helpful.
Thank you ☺️
Thank you so much! I'm self-learning music theory and this video helped me a lot. Will watch the others ❤️
I was wondering: Why are semibreves called semibreves? Is there a really uncommon note called a breve that's worth 8 beats?
+Melony That's correct! A breve is a note worth 8 beats and while it is fairly uncommon nowadays it was often used in sacred music such as plainchant. For further clarity this is the name used by the British note naming system, the American system would call a semibreve a whole note and a breve a double-whole note. Hope this helps!
+musictheoryguy Yes, very much. Thank you!
You can also get even longer notes: a 'longa' is worth 16 beats while a 'maxima' is worth 32. But you don't ever see these anymore as the earliest composers used a breve as a brief note and a semibreve as a very brief and short note. As music was beginning to get quicker, notes became even shorter than semibreves and now the whole system has sort of shifted down a bit to how we recognise it👍
They are not brave enough to be called as breve...so they go by semi breve.. ;)
im learning music in German(only speak Deutsch for 2 years) and when the teacher taught this....I didnt get it!!!!! now everything makes sense. I'll rewatch it for better understanding. Thanks so much!!
It is so good I love the way you teach it very quickly and clearly.
Omg! Thank you so much. I have been watching all your videos to learn music. I have a notebook and I am writing everything I have learnt so if I forgot I can go back and check it out!! I have everything thing in there tanks to you
i just have to thank you soooo much! i really appreciate your help because thanks to your lessons i find it all comming together and making sence more easily :)
The content, sound and explanations are all amazing. Big ups.
Thank you so much for your videos and lucid explanations! I am studying classical guitar this coming fall at the university and I need to brush up on these types of things.
You have wonderful videos!
Dear Guy, I will be forever grateful to you. Your notes are positively the best I have come across. Thank you.
Thank You For Posting This Video, Now I Can Learn Music Theory
Thank you so much! I love the pyramid you made as well as additional ‘hacks’ to help remember everything!!
wow! i took violin lessons for 10 years and understood more in this short video than i did in that time! now maybe i will finally learn how to count properly! lol. thanks so much!
I love your explanation Sir, coz it's very clear.
How would this help? The length of the notes would vary with tempo, etc. The frequency depends on where the notes sit on the staves, and is not what this lesson is about.
I recall the scene in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS when we were communicating through music and they spoke of quavers and semi quavers......it seemed so COMPLICATED...but you have happily set it to rights for me..................thankyou.
WOW!! You teach better than my music teacher.
Ikr my music teacher says all this posh stuff I don’t frikin get ! LMAO 😂
Man, your videos are top quality. Thank you so much.
This video was very helpful , thank you so much for the detailed explanation .
You.. yes YOU.
You're amazing.
Great work, I refer people to your video on my online tutorial! Thanks for all the hard work!
VERY helpful, thank you! Couldn't have made it any more clear than this, much appreciated.
i love this video, it's very useful and you made it very clear and simple so we can understand all of this.
Your clear explanation helped me a lot
I do not know much about music but I really love to write melodies and songs cause I like to sing and your channel has made everything so much better for me I am really learning a lot about sheet music which is making my writing process so much better !!Thank you so much
but i still don't know how it sounds ...
Depends on the instrument you are playing and the speed, it is more of a ration thingy, one beat does not automatically equal one second unless you choose that speed on purpose.
Count it, and clap you’re hands, or click your fingers.
Make music out of them if you can :)
Do you know yet?
I still can’t belive I am learning music theory at my late thirties... the pandemic lockdown has changed my life totally, and since I have been working from home since March and I can’t practice contact sports I needed a new hobby. I always wanted to learn how to play guitar and now I had planty of time, so after few months I realized I am getting deeper and deeper into the music theory as well. I had music classes at the elementary school, but I don’t take care with it since then. However now I started to write simple riffs both on guitar and bass I need to document it somehow properly so I have to understand the “math” behind the music better...
One thing that might be of note (sorry for pun there) is that some early and/or hand-written music (such as vintage church music) might have the crotchet rest shown as what looks like a mirror-image of the quaver rest (i.e. with the arm pointing to the right instead of to the left). Although you don't tend to see this version of the crotchet rest so much now, if you do happen to see that version you'll know what it is.
Couldn't be any clearer, thank you very much!
do u have the video for the rules about grouping rests? nice video :)
Grouping rest is the same as grouping notes
Yes! You explain it very properly and i like your voice, unlike people that whispers in reading poems i mean like it doesnt sound good if you whisper, and that my friend ia why your voice is so good to listen too
Always excellent instruction!
I have a vocals test tomorrow this seriously saved me life! So helpful thanks! ❤️
Me too
this man is VERY SKILLED at explaining so that everyone NEW-bies understands. But just one thing from me as a complete newer: When you speak of value, you mean tones right? for example a value of 4 = 4 tones = whole tones on the piano right? Thank you so much for the way you explain this.
Thank you for the video this will be easier for me to understand what my music teacher is talking about.
I wish i could compensate for usefulness of these videos.
Your explanations are very clear! I love you already
Question: Are "values" referring to time? How can I identify the length of the notes?
You count them, so they’re referring to beats :) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & = a measure of 44 in eighth notes
You could play that super slowly, or super quickly, that’s tempo,
So long as the bar is split into 8 beats
Best lesson I’ve seen so far!!, about this topic
Hi you say that you look at beaming in another of your videos could you let me know which one it is. Thanks for the teaching
It really did help, and now it's time for me to take a rest !
Simple and easy to understand... Appreciations for the video.
Omg u saved me from my exam!! Thank yoouu!
5:33 Wouldn't that mean that for instance a dotted C will be a C# ?
No
A single dot adds half the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2, 2 + 1, 4 + 2, etc. A second dot adds another quarter of the note's value to itself: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4, 2 + 1 + 1/2, etc. It has nothing to do with altering the pitch of a note.
If a dot can be added to mean a value of half of any note.. does that mean that the only reason you would need any other time signature than 4/4 would be to place a note in the space where you could not place one ordinarily, because of the rigidity of the fixed spacing?
I actually found this more useful than I thought I would many thxns
Big Man you the first to comment I think
hatuna matata That wouldn't really work in this video because its sound is dependent on factors such as how high or low the note-head is on the stave (which is outside the scope of this video) and the tempo of the piece of music in question (e.g. a crotchet in a piece of music marked with a tempo of 70 crotchets per minute would sound just like a minim in another piece marked with a tempo of 140 crotchets per minute).
I hope you can make a video about various tremolo notes.
Very clear and understandable.
Thank you sir
Nice way of convincing.
Can you please help me notations for song on "Come September"
I would like to ask one thing about tremolo Sir because I'm having difficulty understanding various tremolo notes.
Awesome lesson! Thanks for the good work!
Hi there, could you add a link to the video where you go more in depth with beaming?
hi what video do you explain these complicated rules?
I actually wished you can do music quiz at the end.
Coming soon! I'm working on it. My site will have the quizzes to accompany the videos: www.musictheoryvideos.com Best wishes.
This helps so much I have a test coming up and this will help me pass
What do you mean by value?
Thank you so much! Just subscribed!
I have a huge problem: In 2 other videos of the note without fully black coloured is A HALF NOTE and when not fully black coloured = a whole note. Here in this eksempel the note is not fully black coloured its half a note according to the other videos Ive seen, and the DOT brings 1/2 additional value to the half note = 1 note. So now Im totally confused "and very sad".
Very helpful. Thank you. Stay safe and joyful.
yea
Hi! could you please give us the link of the video in which you have explained beaming, thank you!
Very good video! Easy to understand and easy to follow.
a complete video for notes and rests including American and British terms
SIR
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOTE VALUE & NOTE DURATION ?
Thanks for a great lesson here. I have a question, how about dotted notes within triplet rhythms? I am stumped on how to play/count them. Any insight?
hello sir, i need your help, what is the letter name of the highest note? and lowest note?
the value of shortest note?
You Rock!!
A small suggestion, if you could, add the sounds to the symbols.
I'm very thankful.
does that mean how many seconds you're going to play the note?
Oh, and what about two dots next to the same note? Kinda confused about that
I did not know a lot about music this helped a lot
One thing I don't understand. An isolated whole note or half a note cannot be identified as such unless there's a sequence of notes. Right? So isn't each note's value entirely dependent on the following or preceding note?
It used to be that a whole note was held for the entire measure regardless of time signature. Ditto for half-notes equalling half the measure. These days, however, a whole-note is typically worth four beats (in common time; half that in cut-common) while a half-note is typically worth two beats. A whole-note or half-note on its own in a measure isn't dependent on any other notes in the measure to determine its value.
Can you have a note with the value of 6 beats?
Yes. It is a Semibreve dotted note
You are a legend man thanks heaps😃😃😃😀😀
I have a music test tomorrow and thanks to you I think I will pass because you went over it really slow for me to understand so thanks heaps man. I might inform if I pass later in the coming weeks
great video where is the beaming video????
This shorly help me in my music test thanks
U did a excellent job thanks.. appreciate your effort Man..
Great lesson! Thank You. The American system is what I learnt on drums and now resent as it only refers to 4/4 or common time. The British system refers to the number of beats the note is held for and is applicable to every time signature. If you want a career in music, it is likely you will play outside of 4/4, so learn the British system first for logical continuity!
The note values refer to the same thing....thats why you can buy sheet music printed anywhere from any country and not need to translate it....
whoever taught you should have their license revoked, or did you learn from youtube? The american system covers every time signature out there available. We literally invented most of the musical genres in the world. Jazz, Hip hop, Rock.....etc. I would know I have a degree in Music and I do fine.
I got more than what i wanted to learn.. thank you very much!
Thank you. you're such a great teacher!!
i’ve been playing the violin for 9 years now and i never took to the time to learn or even listen while they were teaching this & scales, i’m in highschool now and i play by feeling but it messes me up sometimes 🧍♀️ so i thank you
Very wonderfully made
Thank you. I believe my understanding is opening up
What about 6/8? 8notes 1 rest?
Thanks for posting these!
Awesome Tutorial
Really well explained. Thank you.