Best explanation of dotted quarter note rythm. I finally understand why a dotted quarter note gets, 1+2 for the counting. it's because 1+ is a complete beat, and not just 1 as I previously understood. and then the 2 represents the half beat, which makes perfect sense because 2+ would be a complete beat. Thank you so much!
@vairagya sangeet yes..but it's only one of the basic ways. Since top number indicates number of beats you can add any sort of note but ultimately u cannot exceed 4 beats per measure. EXAMPLE: u can take two minims( also called half notes) U can take 8 quavers (eighth notes) and likewise... NOTE: above examples show maximum number of notes In a measure with time signature 4/4. It's not mandatory to put all the notes specified above coz 4 beats is maximum limit and u can put notes for less than 4 beats as well. You can practice different combinations of notes for 4/4 time signatures, it'll b a fun exercise. I hope I succeeded in giving u clear understanding. All the best :)
I totally agree. I always teach dotted quarter notes as being equal to three eighth notes tied together, so it could be counted 1+2, +2+, 2+3, +3+, etc. Most teachers don't use subdivisions, and they have their kids count the dotted quarter note as 1 2, and then the following eighth note as +. I don't see how people can totally understand the feel of a dotted quarter note without all three subdivisions.
Thank you for including all the subdivisions. If every teacher taught this way students would understand rhythms much better, and they will soon be able to figure out complicated rhythms with no help at all.
I've watched like 3or 4 videos for this explanation. But, I'm glad I stombled upon yours. It helped me not only visualize it but also how too use it and how to apply each one. Thank you
Easily the best explained video on dotted quarter notes and counting beats, which I found to have misunderstood all this time. I can finally read notation properly. Thank you so much for this lesson!
This does appear to be the only demonstration on you tube that explains a system that can be used to work out the rhythm in question and also demonstrates it. Very clear, I have been searching for this for a long time. Many thanks!
This is best I found so far. Good explanation. Her underlining is very important to differentiate the counts from the claps (unless it is a rest). Go over and over this lesson until understood and able to do it, then play the section on your keyboard. I hope she gives lessons on the even more complex rhythms found in classical piano pieces.
Thank you so much for this video! Despite playing in junior high and high school band for 6 years, I never understood how to count or correctly play dotted notes. I have looked up the definition, but was never able to put that into practice. As an adult, I have come back to music again after falling in love with the ukulele, so I am once again trying to learn to read music. Your explanation is the only explanation of this concept that has ever made sense to me, and I am so grateful you made this video. I assumed I was too math deficient to ever understand things like this, but your video has given me hope that I might be able to learn. I really wish someone would have explained it to me like this many years ago!
Excellent lesson. Thank you very very much. You do not deserve the thumbs down at all , that was brilliantly explained . Also I had a mental block as a 7 year old when trying to learn this stuff. I was weak at school anyway and we were beaten for not knowing things like maths. I loved music but the theory and fractions made me afraid of learning the theory as I took piano lessons after school. Fractions and numbers made me afraid of getting beaten physically , so I associated them with trauma at school. I learned to play by ear over the years picking up tricks and techniques here and there. Back in the 80's there was no internet and the books were all academic and got very complicated very fast. The books did not exude fun or joy , neither did the teachers that I knew, everything was heavy . I have since learned to become a reasonably good by ear player/composer but always feared sight reading and theory. I also loved the strange sounds of synthesisers ( not that I ever had one until later on in life as an adult ) Your video here has given me that bit of confidence 40 + years on to wipe away the mental cobwebs and let sunlight in on those sad dark spaces. Thank you . I often think that people like you , who go out of your way to help others don't get enough credit to say the very least. I hope this comment gives you the impetus to continue to do what you do . I am in Ireland , far away from you most likely , yet you have helped me without even knowing it and I am just one of many I would guess. So Thank you again. And Happy Saint Patricks day from Ireland.
Dotted-dotted-quarter is (1&2)(&3&)(4&). If the combination is arranged differently, move the () marks around. That combination is a popular one-- especially in latin beats.
Thank you miss Kelly could you possibly do a video of different note duration using this method Including different dotted notes please thank Miss Kelly I'll be looking forward for your future lessons..... eyes off the keys please...🎹🎹🎹🎹
Hi Ms Truax, Thank you very much for the way you took time and taught. Ms Truax is it possible to connect with you directly perhaps through FB or email?
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!
I made this 10 years ago for my students and am astounded by how many people have viewed it! I don't have any other rhythm videos, but can make one. If you describe what you need (counting-wise) I can talk through it.
I was stumped here. What is the timing? Wish I could add a photo to "Five Hundred Miles". The measure has a dotted quarter note, followed by a quarter note, an 8th note and two quarter notes. The second measure also has the same note values. I can't make any sense of it.
I am speaking the counting (1&2& etc) and clapping the rhythm as it would be performed. The clap will line up with the counting that is written under the note.
What I don't understand is if a dotted quarter gets 1 1/2 beats why is beat 2 involved, that's a completely separate beat? If a quarter note is 1 beat isn't half of that the "and" of 1? Meaning 1+ only.
Dotted quarters get a full beat (1+) plus half of the next beat-- which is why beat 2 is involved. They are tricky to make sense of for precisely the reason you mention. In a 4/4 measure, dotted quarters can be any of the following combinations: 1+2, +2+, 2+3, +3+, 3+4, +4+
Woody Bear Ok let me help A quarter note also represents two (Eighth Notes.) the DOT adds half the value of any note 1/2 @ quarter note brings forth an (Eighth Note) that Eighth would then be (BEAT 2) Eighth notes are counted (1+2) 👈+3+4+ that's your dotted quarter over there... a quarter note gets 1+ that's one full beat of music any questions hit me up I'm well rounded and articulated I'm music theory...
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!.
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!.
Best explanation of dotted quarter note rythm. I finally understand why a dotted quarter note gets, 1+2 for the counting. it's because 1+ is a complete beat, and not just 1 as I previously understood. and then the 2 represents the half beat, which makes perfect sense because 2+ would be a complete beat. Thank you so much!
Nice.
@vairagya sangeet Yes.
@vairagya sangeet yes..but it's only one of the basic ways. Since top number indicates number of beats you can add any sort of note but ultimately u cannot exceed 4 beats per measure.
EXAMPLE: u can take two minims( also called half notes)
U can take 8 quavers (eighth notes) and likewise...
NOTE: above examples show maximum number of notes In a measure with time signature 4/4. It's not mandatory to put all the notes specified above coz 4 beats is maximum limit and u can put notes for less than 4 beats as well.
You can practice different combinations of notes for 4/4 time signatures, it'll b a fun exercise. I hope I succeeded in giving u clear understanding. All the best :)
I totally agree. I always teach dotted quarter notes as being equal to three eighth notes tied together, so it could be counted 1+2, +2+, 2+3, +3+, etc. Most teachers don't use subdivisions, and they have their kids count the dotted quarter note as 1 2, and then the following eighth note as +. I don't see how people can totally understand the feel of a dotted quarter note without all three subdivisions.
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Thank you for including all the subdivisions. If every teacher taught this way students would understand rhythms much better, and they will soon be able to figure out complicated rhythms with no help at all.
This is the very best clear explanation on RUclips about dotted notes
Best class with examples on counting dotted quarter notes, especially your system of writing the correct counts under each note. Thank you so much!
I've REALLY been struggling with this. You're an excellent teacher and I hope you know that! Thank you
I've watched like 3or 4 videos for this explanation. But, I'm glad I stombled upon yours. It helped me not only visualize it but also how too use it and how to apply each one.
Thank you
This makes understanding how to play Tool so much easier.
Easily the best explained video on dotted quarter notes and counting beats, which I found to have misunderstood all this time. I can finally read notation properly. Thank you so much for this lesson!
This does appear to be the only demonstration on you tube that explains a system that can be used to work out the rhythm in question and also demonstrates it. Very clear, I have been searching for this for a long time. Many thanks!
This is wonderful beyond belief! I had looked and looked for a clear explanation of this and now, I found it! Thank you! I LOVE this!
Love you for this lesson. Very clear and more important, fun. Takes the daunt out of music theory
Best explanation I've seen yet! Suddenly seems logical. Thanks!
I thank the teacher for her valuable explanation.
Thank you so hopeful and straight to the point. Simple and straight forward
Nice, very well simplified, counting rhythm is really complicated, breaking down really helps.
This is best I found so far. Good explanation. Her underlining is very important to differentiate the counts from the claps (unless it is a rest). Go over and over this lesson until understood and able to do it, then play the section on your keyboard. I hope she gives lessons on the even more complex rhythms found in classical piano pieces.
Great Lesson, I had a tied note to the next measure so after breaking it up, I was able to see how the counting works.
Thank you so much for this video! Despite playing in junior high and high school band for 6 years, I never understood how to count or correctly play dotted notes. I have looked up the definition, but was never able to put that into practice. As an adult, I have come back to music again after falling in love with the ukulele, so I am once again trying to learn to read music. Your explanation is the only explanation of this concept that has ever made sense to me, and I am so grateful you made this video. I assumed I was too math deficient to ever understand things like this, but your video has given me hope that I might be able to learn. I really wish someone would have explained it to me like this many years ago!
Thank you so much. Such a great lesson. Greetings from Australia.
You just completely saved my music grade!! Thank you so much!!!
Best example of the elusive dotted quarter note that I have seen. I love this!
This could not have been simpler or clearer. Thank you!
Excellent little video. So well explained. Now I have a better understanding
Excellent lesson. Thank you very very much. You do not deserve the thumbs down at all , that was brilliantly explained . Also I had a mental block as a 7 year old when trying to learn this stuff. I was weak at school anyway and we were beaten for not knowing things like maths. I loved music but the theory and fractions made me afraid of learning the theory as I took piano lessons after school. Fractions and numbers made me afraid of getting beaten physically , so I associated them with trauma at school.
I learned to play by ear over the years picking up tricks and techniques here and there. Back in the 80's there was no internet and the books were all academic and got very complicated very fast. The books did not exude fun or joy , neither did the teachers that I knew, everything was heavy .
I have since learned to become a reasonably good by ear player/composer but always feared sight reading and theory. I also loved the strange sounds of synthesisers ( not that I ever had one until later on in life as an adult )
Your video here has given me that bit of confidence 40 + years on to wipe away the mental cobwebs and let sunlight in on those sad dark spaces.
Thank you .
I often think that people like you , who go out of your way to help others don't get enough credit to say the very least. I hope this comment gives you the impetus to continue to do what you do . I am in Ireland , far away from you most likely , yet you have helped me without even knowing it and I am just one of many I would guess.
So Thank you again.
And Happy Saint Patricks day from Ireland.
Finally!! I am not confused anymore! Thank you
She is a certified teacher they are hard to find
Wonderful job explaining dotted quarters.
Excellent instructions.
Love❤️❣️ you ❤️ for this... wonderful I've learnt a lot ..
Amazingly helpful video!! Thank you so much 😊
Brilliant! Thank you for making this easy.
Thank you so much. This was so easy to understand compared to all the other videos I have seen.
Hi! thankyou so much for this video and now i fully understand it because i have a rhythm counting test tomorrow so wish me luck!
Thank you. After much searching finally understood the meaning of doted notes.
Brilliantly described was on Kelly I arrived on here without a clue about dotted notes but now I understand eeeyooooo:-)
Brilliant , so easily explained, well done
thanks! i extremely apprieciate your lesson! now i know the counts. this video was very helpful and hopeful.
god bless.
Hi Kelly, thank you so much. You get one more subscriber here
Simplest and best explanation
Big big thnx... I was confused but now get confident.
Very good teaching. Made me understand clearly. Thanks
great video, you should make more because you gave clapping examples as well
Thank you for your excellent explanation!
Thanks for the great lesson. Now, the hard part is I have to practice my mistake away!
SO helpful. Thank you!!
Holy smoke ... the best! Thank you
Perfect! Please where can i find more of your videos
Thank you for beautifully explanation
Thanks teacher the best teacher!
best explanation ever
Thank you. This has help me some what. I am trying to figure out 2 dotted quarter notes , and 1 quarter beat in measure. Time signature is 4/4.
Dotted-dotted-quarter is (1&2)(&3&)(4&). If the combination is arranged differently, move the () marks around. That combination is a popular one-- especially in latin beats.
Ty much for this teaching
Perfect ❤️
AMAZING VIDEO
Excellent video
Thank you miss Kelly could you possibly do a video of different note duration using this method Including different dotted notes please thank Miss Kelly I'll be looking forward for your future lessons..... eyes off the keys please...🎹🎹🎹🎹
Grazie! Very Usefull
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood.
the best one i ever seen
Very clear thanks
Thanks!! finally I got it
this was very helpful
Good job!
Very useful. Thnx mam
excellent lesson
Hi Ms Truax, Thank you very much for the way you took time and taught. Ms Truax is it possible to connect with you directly perhaps through FB or email?
Thank you so much very helpful :)
terrific!
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!
Thanks teacher.. Me from jakarta..sorry my english
Thank you!
Hi, Kelly, it's me again. I am wondering if you could do something like this for 16th notes? Thank you!
Here you go! ruclips.net/video/a14oftJaGpU/видео.html
Thank you sooooo much! I am going to call you Saint Kelly!
Do you have any more videos on counting? This is the first time I’m getting it. Thank you.
I made this 10 years ago for my students and am astounded by how many people have viewed it! I don't have any other rhythm videos, but can make one. If you describe what you need (counting-wise) I can talk through it.
Thank you
I was stumped here. What is the timing? Wish I could add a photo to "Five Hundred Miles". The measure has a dotted quarter note, followed by a quarter note, an 8th note and two quarter notes. The second measure also has the same note values. I can't make any sense of it.
Take a photo of it and attach here…I’ll count it for you
Thanks a lot madam...
Nice method !
Very helpful
Can you tell me what notes you are clapping on. It’s hard to discern. Thanks
I am speaking the counting (1&2& etc) and clapping the rhythm as it would be performed. The clap will line up with the counting that is written under the note.
Thank you madam
How do you not run out of breath?
Good job
How Do I use this for dotted sixteenth notes do I use 1e a ah
If your rhythm uses 16th notes, you would use "1-e-&-a".
What if there’s a half note in there
Half note gets 4 pieces-of-counting (ie: 1&2& .. or &3&4...whatever piece is next to be used.) Dotted half gets 6 pieces (1&2&3&)
Hi do you take skype lessons?? How much does a session cost?
What I don't understand is if a dotted quarter gets 1 1/2 beats why is beat 2 involved, that's a completely separate beat? If a quarter note is 1 beat isn't half of that the "and" of 1? Meaning 1+ only.
Dotted quarters get a full beat (1+) plus half of the next beat-- which is why beat 2 is involved. They are tricky to make sense of for precisely the reason you mention. In a 4/4 measure, dotted quarters can be any of the following combinations: 1+2, +2+, 2+3, +3+, 3+4, +4+
Woody Bear Ok let me help A quarter note also represents two (Eighth Notes.) the DOT adds half the value of any note 1/2 @ quarter note brings forth an (Eighth Note) that Eighth would then be (BEAT 2) Eighth notes are counted (1+2) 👈+3+4+ that's your dotted quarter over there... a quarter note gets 1+ that's one full beat of music any questions hit me up I'm well rounded and articulated I'm music theory...
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Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!
Thank you
Very helpful
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!.
Where. can I find more instructions by you? This link has been extremely helpful. Your explanations are easily understood. I am having trouble with 8th and 16th notes combinations. I am 73 years old and started drum lessons 2 years ago, I lost 50 years of practice time!!!.