Rhythm is a crucial element in all music. The aspect of rhythm that we're going to deal with today is note duration. Every note of music that you hear has a rhythm value. Each note is held out for a ...

To understand the problems the nervous system faces in analyzing speech and music, consider the song 'Y.M.C.A.' (Fig. 1). Two measures of the song's chorus are shown both in musical notation (line 1) ...

Last week, we covered the idea of Note Duration and Whole Notes. This week we move onto Half Notes. Half Notes are literally half the value of a Whole Note. A Whole Note is held for four beats, ...