Eighth Notes

Lesson 11
Author : Chris Colby van Scyoc
Last Updated : April, 2024


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EIGHTH NOTES
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We did a lot of work with chords. Great job! Now, let's give our fretting hand a bit of a rest and move back to our strumming hand. We know whole, half, and quarter notes. Now, allow me to introduce Eighth Notes. In four-four time: Whole note gets 4 beats. Half note gets 2 beats because a half note takes up half the bar. Quarter note gets one beat because a quarter note takes up one quarter in the bar. My first guitar teacher explained, "There are four quarters (25 cent pieces) in a dollar." In fractions in math and in cooking it looks like 1/4. Cut a quarter note in half, and we get an eighth note. And guess what..?!?!? There are eight eighth notes in a measure. One eighth. If all of these words are confusing, just watch the videos, play along, and it will likely make more sense than it ever could reading about it.....ha. It's a funny old world.




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Review: What We Know!

  • NEW:
  • ~ From This Lesson ~
  • Eighth Notes

  • PREVIOUS:
  • Am Chord
  • Changing Chords - E and Am
  • Am7 Chord
  • Changing Chords - E7 and Am7
  • E7 Chord
  • E Chord
  • Em Chord
  • Em7 Chord
  • Tuning and Tuners
  • Your first open chord - Em11
  • Quarter Notes
  • Half Notes
  • Whole Notes
  • Downstroke
  • Counting bars (measures) of four. Also known as 4/4 ("four, four time")
  • Muting all the strings with the fretting hand
  • Playing on beat one of every measure (the first beat of each measure)
  • Playing in time
  • Let's build upon this! Fantastic!

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