Rhythmic Pattern

Individual building blocks

A note whose time value (duration) is that of a quarter note multipled (divided) by:

• an even number

  4: Whole

  2: Half

  1: Quarter

  1/2: Eighth

  1/4: Sixteenth

  1/8: Thirty-Second

  ......

   

• an odd number

  1/3: Triplet

  1/5

  .....

 

Elongation tools: Making the duration of a note longer as a function of the duration of the note

• itself: Dotted Rhythm

• increase duration by 50%: (Single) Dotted (.)
• increase duration by 75%: Double Dotted (..)

• following it: Tie

 

Patterns of combining the individual building blocks