Part 2 · Reading Rhythm · Chapter 19

Sixteenth-Note Rhythms, Part 2

Here are the other ways to fill one beat with sixteenths and eighths.

RHYTHM	COUNT	WHAT IT IS
16th, 8th, 16th	1 e _ a	Sometimes called the “syncopated” sixteenth.
Dotted 8th, 16th	1 _ _ a	The dot makes the first note three sixteenths long.
16th, dotted 8th	1 e _ _	The reverse: short, then long.
16th rest, three 16ths	_ e & a	Starts just after the beat.

EXAMPLE 19.11 e a

TEMPO

EXAMPLE 19.21 a (dotted eighth and sixteenth)

TEMPO

EXAMPLE 19.31 e (sixteenth and dotted eighth)

TEMPO

EXAMPLE 19.4e & a

TEMPO

Use the constant motionTIP

Keep the sticking R L R L on the sixteenth grid for all of these. Your right hand will always be on the numbers and the &s; your left on the e’s and a’s.