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Rhythm

Rhythm is how we describe the duration, or length, of a note or rest, eg how many beats it is worth.

Below is a summary of all the notes and their values. There is a matching rest symbol for each value:

semibreve 4 beats, dotted minim 3 beats, minim 2 beats, dotted crochet 1.5 beats, crochet 1 beat, dotted quaver 3/4 beat, quaver 1/2 beat, semiquaver 1/4 beat

The following video demonstrates basic note values:

Basic note values

The video below demonstrates how adding a dot to a notes increases its duration by half:

Dotted notes