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CHARTl

Quarter Notes and Rests

~
t ' I F F·. F * IF F F ~ IF F f * IF F F * II

4 '1 *. * r r ll ' r r 1* * r r 1t ~ r r 11

6 'I r * r t lr ' r ' lr ~ r t lr ~ r l 1


1 't t F t F It F t F It F l · F H f l F II

__,) ' I t F F l II F F * It F F t It F F t II
CHART 1.5
Quarter Notes and Rests
? Ask your teacher where \,._/
all the time signatw-es went!

2 3 4

,- F I -
I

'I IF- F -::¥- F I


--
-
l
F F 'r F F
6 7 8

~F t F F I* F F F 'r * F * It F * F
10 1l 12

~~ l
F f 'r r l
*
It F F l
'r
l
* F
14 15 16

4r l l l ll F l l It l
r l ll
*
l
F
r
I

"-'

-
18 19 20

l l
'r F F F 'r * F F
' 22
'r F
23 24

F F 'r F F F 'r F * * It F F *
'* *
26

-
27 28

~F * F * 'r F * *
1£ F ~
F
29 30 31 32

'F F * r It t
F r 'r
l t t It l
F * 1~'-'
EXTRA PRACTICE 1
Lots of Rests

4t r r r r 1; * 1 r ~~ * * • I; r r r

4~ * ' r 1; 1 r * 1; r r r I; r * r
9 10 Jl 12

4* * * r 1• • s r 1• * r ' lr r * * 1

""' ' 1 * r F I~· F F r . I; t 1 t . I;· t t F

4• * r ~ ~~· r * ~ 1; * * * 1; r r * 1

'F F 1 1 1; . *. * * I;· F 1 F I;· F 1 F

i r * r * 1; r r r I;, 1 1 * I;· r r *
29 30 31 32

'r r r r lr
~

~
l l
r ll r l l ll r r F II
. CHART2
Quarter and HalfNotes With Rests

I 2 3 4

4t r r r r 'r r r 'r r r 'r r


5 6 7 8

4r r r 'r r r 'r r r r
10 11
'r
12
r F

4r F r 'r r 'r r r r
13 14 15
'r
16
r r

4r r F r lr r F 'r r l r
17 18
I
19
'r
20 .
l
F F

4~ F F F 'r F r 'r F F 'r r F \..__..;'


........._

21 22 23 24

4r
25
l
F 'r
26
F l 1-
27
F F 'r F
28
-

4r - 'r
1 - It F - 1- F
l
29 30 31 32

4-
33
l
F 'r
34
r l 1£
r l 1- F
35 36

4~ r F 'r *
I
F 'r r 'r
l
r II
CHART2.5
More Quarter and HalfNotes with Rests

3 4

r lr r r r 'r r r
6 7 8

4r F F lr F F F lr r r 'r r
10 ]] 12

4r F F 'r F F F 'r r F 'r F r


13 14 15 16

~-

'F r r 'r F F lr l r lr F r l
18 19 20

4r r · lr - It r r 11 r r
22 23 24

r lr ' ' r 'r r F I£ r l I


26 27 28

F r II
CHART3
Quarter, Half, and Whole Notes

2 3 4

7 8

lr F F F le
10 11 12

4r F f F 'r r 'r F F F
je

14 15 16

ir F F 'r F F 'r F r 'r r :


F '-'
17 18 19 20

~F r r je
'r r r
je

24

26 27 . 28

lr F F lr F F F lr r II
CHART3.5
Quarter, Half, and Whole Notes with Rests

1 2 3 4

' IF r .~ c F 1F" F = IF . i F I.. . I


7 8

F 1- F lr t l F
w ll ll

lr F F 11 F F lo
w

13 14 15 16

~:· i'~~-~~lr~F~F~r~l~r~F~F~~~~~F~
1 ~F~

-
18 19 20

F I1 F F F 1- F F
22 23 24

l l lo 1- F l lr 1 - I
'F F
25 26 27 28

- F 1 I~ -
'F £
'r 'r F
29 30 31 32
--.,
'

'F r F 'r l - 'r r 'r


I
F F II
CHART4
Dotted HalfNotes ? Ask your teacher what
the letter 'C' in measure '-"'
one means!

I 2 3 4

'n F F F F -1 F r F r lr· l IF F F I.
6 7 8

I~ r r
10 ll 12

ll - F

17 18 19 20

4r r 'r r· 'r
l - lr r -
22 23 24

fr l
F F Ir· F 1- F 'r F F F
26 27 28

IF t F
30 31 32

11 F F 1 - 11 1 r 1 II---
* A dot adds 112 the value ofthe note it is dotting. *
CHART4.5
More Dotted HalfNotes

r Ir r r I r r·
6 7 8

,_ l
r I
10

r· r Ir·
JJ

r 'r
12

..-..... .
,_
13

r. r 'r
u
I -
15

'r r·
16

-
18 19 20

ll F l I
21 22 2J 24

- It r·
'F
25
F F F 'r F F
26 27 28

4r F l lr F F r Ir· r 1- F l II
CHARTS
Tnne Signatures

4t F F F * ,;.
3 4

F je IF r F I~
6 7 8

- 1£ * F F F
10 11 12

'r r r 'r r 'r r


u
-
15 16

lr F F
18 19 20

'r r
-
22 23 24

I*· F - 'r r
26 27 28

F lr F F
30 31 32

r 'r F lr F F * IL
CHART5.5
More Tune Signatures

3 4

1
'r r r 'r F
6 7 8

r F -
10 11 12

r 'r
13 14 15 16

.-....>~,~~-~~~~~$r~~'r~~~~r~~~
20

~~ F
18 19

F F lr F 1£
r
23 24

-
26 27 28

lr r F lr F F F I- r
30 31 32

l t F It F F F Ir· F It t 1 r II
CHART-6
Eighth Notes

1 '"F F F F lgggglr F F F lggggll


2
4F F U U IF F U U IF F U U IF F U U II
3 4u U F F lg U F F lg U f F lg U F F II
4 4u F F F lg F F F lg F F F lg F F F II
5
4F U F F IF U F F IF U F F ·IF U F F ll.-
6 4F F U F. IF r U F IF F U F IF F U F II
7
4F F F U IF F F U IF F F U IF F F U II
8
4F UF ulr UF ulr UF glr EJF gl ·
9
4UF UF lgr UF lgr UF lgr UF I .
10
4U F F U IU F F U IU F F U IU F F U ll
CHART6.5
Eighth, Quarter, Half: and Whole Notes with Rests

3 4

7 8

1- F
10 11 12

- lr c:r r '* r r lrrrrr crl


14 15 16

E:J r lcr r r r r r 'r r · r


17 18 19 20

4r r r II C! r C1 lcr l E1 l 1- F F
21 22 23 24

4r l
r l lr rFr r rFr 1- r l l -
'r
25 26 27 28

4u l - 'r §! l 'cr l l Er 'r - r


29 30 31 32
~

4r CJ E:1 F 'r l
E! l
'r r lr l rrrrII
CHART7
Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests

1 2 3 4

4nEE rr rr rr IF u r r r FIEJ r r r Er lr rc r F uI
5 6 7 8

4rEEFEJF IF F EEFFIEEEFF F IUF F Ul


9 10 11 12

4r EJ F U IF U U F IF- r r r r lr r r r r
14 15 16

lrrrru* lrrrr* u1

22 23 24

~ u n u

4r EEFEr., r IEEE Fr ¥ EFIE EEF' EEFlr r F' EEEFI


29 30 3/ 32

4E E' FEE EFlp EFEE r FI' EEFEE EFlp P E' F' I


33 34 35 36

~ ¥ r., r ¥ r., r IE E'FE F' FIE' EFEE' FI' ttF E'l EFII
CHART7.5
Eighth Notes and Rests with rune Change

1 2 3 4

4trcrrur lcccrr ul• ucccrlcccrul


5 6 7 8

~~ EJ ~ '1 EJ ~'I~' p' p' p' lg U ~' p' I~'~ 'i Up' I
9 10 11 12

4t' pU 'p EJ I' p' p' p' pIEJ EJ! ~! ~ IEJ, p'i pU I
13 u 15 16

~~UP' P' U IEJ' ~' PU IU P'i "P U l'i ~ U' Pp'1 I


'"'~~r U'H I;· r cccr1F r ur 1Ft 'H
22 23 24

4s r- (J lp ' p ' p ' I(J F ' p 'r·


26 27 28

' p (J lp '' pF lr p' r It (J r


' p '
,,
30

p ' p
31

lr r ' p
32

lr
34 35 36

F r IE2J F 'r ' p lp ' F II


RHYTHM SET I
Complex Rhythms with Eighth Notes and Rests

1 9

4tu U U U II 4tu U 0 U I
2 10

4tu'tPP·'P'il ~~p' ' ' ' P D II


3 11

4f P ' 0 ' 0 ' II ~I 0 p' 'i' ' ' p II .


4 12

·~I 0 U p ' ' p II 41 p ' ' p ¥


' j
p II '-"'

5 13

'I
6
U ' p p ' 0 II ~~ j j' j j
p !J p j
II
14

41 p ' p E2f p II
j ¥
~~ j i p j i j' j j
II
7 .15

ft p ' ' p ' p ' II


j
~~ p p j j
E2f j
p II
8
16

4t u ' E2f II
j j' j
~~ j j 't j i p "t i II '-'
CHARTS
Ties

I 2 3 4

lr r F-
'I r r r r 1rr r F lr F r F F

fr r r 1F=-=--r rr 1F- rr 1F rr r
9 10 11 12

'nn r lr r- lr nr I"
15 16

r. r rr
I
r
J7 18 19 20

"""'rrrrr r l[rrrr r 1n·rrr r lrTrrr r 1


~ 22 23 24

!F F r Err IF F EEr21F F r=t fr IF F ftC]! I


25 _26 - 27 28

'r u r r 1ru r r IF r F u IF r ru 1

29 30 31 32

4r E1F Ulr:trF-UIF FUF IFUF F I


33 -34 35 36

. ~r=u r=tJ lrSU FU IF f%F F IF-F F F II


CHART9
Dotted Quarter Notes
! Remember what a dot ..._...
does to a note.

lb i r
@ ur r I. 1-r·
1- r'fj 1-
\ r IF EJ F F
1-

lc
~r· ~ r F Ir· pF F Ir· pF F 1r· ~F F
..........
~F
-<""'>

2a
F F EJ lr F ~ EJ 'r F F EJ lr F ~ ~ I

pIF F p· pIp F r· pI

3b ~ F U F U Ir· Pr· plr EJ F Elf Ir· p r· pI

p 'r· p r· p 'r· pr· p II


CHART9.5
Dotted Quarter Notes

1 2 3 4

~~F EJF F Ir· pF F lr F F (f Ir· pF F


5 6 7 8

~Elf F r r 'r· D r Ir· pr lr F F F


9 10 11 12

~r· DF (f 'r· pF F 'r (f r (f Ir· D r (f I


13 14 15 16

~F F r (f lr F r· plr F (f 'r r· pI
17 18 19 20
,.-.._

~r r 'r r r·
F p 'r r r· DI"
22 23 24

4F
25
(f r· p lr r·
26
p'r F
27
r· p'r
28
(f r· pI

~F (f r r r FIr· pr lr r· p 'r· pr· pI


30 31 32

,F. pr· pIr· Dr lr F F lr F r· pI


33 34 35 36

~Elf F F F 'r· p r· pIr· pr· plr F r r II


~
-,

RHYTHMSET2
Eigh~ Quarter, and Dotted Quarter Rhythms

1 '1 U U EJ Ull 13 . ~ ~ U U U II 25 ~ i U U II '""'


2 ~ 1 F U U 6111 14
~ I ~ U U II 26
~ i U ~ II
3
' 1 F F U Ull 15
4t F F U II 27
~ i F 0 II
4 4i F F r EJ 11 16 4i U U F II 28 4i U p ' II
5 ~ i L1 U EJ ~ II 11 ~ J U F F II 29 4i ' p ~ II
6' :4
1 U U F F II 18 J p ' p 'i p ' II 3o 4i " p ' ~ II
1 4i p 'i'i pF r 1119 4J , p 1 p 'I p II 31 4! , p p , 11 '""'

8: 4i F 'i p F F II 20 ! p 'i 4 'i p U II 32 4i p ' ' p II


9 4i r· pF .r II 21 J r 4 I p U II 33 4i F. 'i p II
to 41 F" pr· pII 22 4! r p U II 34 4i F" p II
11
4i p' 'i pp' ' pII 23 4! t i p U II 3s 4; ~ .' p II
u 4i t ' ' pp'i * II 24 4i F t p p 1 II 36 4i p p ' II
'i
'-"'
CHARTlO
Syncopation

1 2 3 4

4errrrr r ltfrrr r ltnrr ltfrrr


5 6 7 8

rrrr F F lp F pF F lr r r Fr lp F pr
'"
9 10 11 12

4"r r t t r r 1r r ct1 r r r P r
1 r r r
P1

13 14 15 16

r F pF plr F r lr F pF plr F r I
,--..

'"
.. •

17 18 19 20

4' F r PF plpr PF r lr r
1
n plpr PF r

'f! p
21 22 23 24

F ppF plr F r lp F ppF plr rr II


CHART 10.5
Mixed Syncopation

1 2 3 4

'1 u r Pr Plr u pr plp r pr u lp r PCJ r

'P r
5 6 7 8

P r- lp F PF F lr PF Plr F p F p I
9 10 11 12

'r· pr r r r r pr r
1 1 r r r r r p Ir· p r-
13 14 15· 16

' p r· r t r r 1p r r r It t t rr P 1P r· r=
17 18 19 20

' pr pr r Ipr r= Ir u p r p Ir r r r p r· ~'-"


21 22 23 24

fr U t t r FIF U F F lp F F F Plr r r FF F

'P r r r Plr:
25 26 27 28

P r· 1 Pr PPr P 1 r r
~ ~ ~ ~

' B F r EEFIP F P r- Ir- P F P IP r· r


33 34 35 36

fp F PPF Plp F Pr IF F PF" Itt t FF F II


CHART10.75
Syncopation with Rests

1 2 3 4

4tur pr plr up• plpr PF ulps PElF


6 7

lp ' p F . F I~ p 1 p lr F ' F ' I


12

,T
9 10 11

4r- p r r r r Ir· '!


r F IEJF p r· p Ir·
j

13 14 15 16

4P r· r r r F I' r· F F lr 'i '!


r r· p lp r· r
,--., 17 18 19 20

4 F P F F I' F"
'l r IF U P F ' Ir E.EF 'l r·
~ 22 23 24

®r P' ' P u lr u r r lp r r r p1u ' pr r


25 26 27 28

4r * F F. P Ir P F· 1. P ~ P P r " Ir r '1
29 30 31 32

4U F E '1 '1 F IP * P r Ir "~ F PIP r· r


35 36

I r r ' r· 1' r r r r r 11
RHYTHMSET3
Ties, Syncopation, and Dotted Quarter Rhythms

"-"'
II 31
F II
'' F
II 32
'ir p II

II 33 fir· p II

II 34
fi p F p II
II 35ft p F p II

II 36
ft F 1 II ......_..,
CHARTll
Sixteenth Notes

1
4I LF Ef U LF IDDDE£UI LF LF LFU IEWEWb:W'tttfl

r-, 4I crrurrrrr r Itr:arrrrrr r Iurr mml EJ EJ rccrrrcrl


5
4t oorrrrrrr loocroor lcrmcrmlcrmrrcm-1

7
4I U U b':fftF IF FFFFEJ F IFFFFFFFFF .6£UI F F U carl
""'4t rrrru u u iu rrrrrrrrrrrrlr u rrrrrrrrll
CHART11.5
Mixed Sixteenths

5 6 7 8

4u n:rrcsrru lr- Pcrrru IF F F m:rlp F PEEffU I


9 10 Jl 12

'rurrrcru r:trrlr- r lrrr:rr rrrr* It * 1 crrrl


13 14 15 16

4r * cr:r:rrrrrl r t r n crrrl ~- PF pr 1rccrl crrP p1


A' ~ tc 3 fe if
17 18 19 20

'mr- u 1, m p' mlm' pmp, lurrmr· pr


u n n u

~-p F F. p··crrrlrcsru EEEF' IEEEFP' 'b bFlr-· UI


26 27 28

rrrrlrrrrr ' plr r' r rrrru lp' * J 'p 1


29 30 31 32

'EEEFEFEEEECFP ' I' PEfff' PF IPl PPF PIP F" &EliFI '
33 34 35 36

'F F ccrrm:rl F crcrrrrrrccrl Pn ' prcrrl FFb!!P PII

\
CHART 12
Sixteenth Rhythms 1

1
'1 arq: u rr rnu u r u wu r u wu r
l ·f.e~~+e 5t(
1 1 1

2
41u U rnr IUUWF IUU U WIUU U WI

3
'I EDEHEJ r IWEHEJ F IEl U EOUEHI U EJ WWI
"· 'I WU Wr IWEt arr IEt WU CHI U WEt c:rtl

s 'I U WWF IEl WWF IEUU U CHI EHU: Et EUI


6
4I r rnu c:ul rnr c:arnl r·r a a;l rnrnrnr 1
7
~~Ecru r lr cru u IE ore au lr uu r 1

"~lr ere au lg cwr IE Qtr uc crlu rnr 11


CHART 12.5
Sixteenth Rhythms 2

I 4twuur 1wuur 1uwur 1uwur 1

5
4tuwwuluwwulwuuwlwuuwl
6
4tr wu r leu u r bEF 1r w u lbEf' bEF r bU 1

7
~liD U F liD U U IW W U IW U F I

s ~~W W U IU W F IW W W IU bU F It-'
Chart 12.75
Mixed Sixteenth Rhythms

1 2 3 4

4 Er Er EEFFF lg at'at'F lr Q!f Q!f U lcggg EWF


e

10 JJ 12

FFFFblf 1-
14 15 16

20

D' bf'F I' bf'EJ ' bfF I


21 22 23 24

4utH!' rrrrbf' lbf' u !H r lg bF' u br' lcararw r


26 27 28

It 'bfEJF l&lJEJ6lJEJ!Irrrrrrrrr
~ ~. n n

1! bF! bf' bf' bfl bf' bf' bf' bf' Iararbff bfF Iumcr r 11
RHYTHMSET4
Sixteenth Rhythms

1 @1 rr rr r 't
r 11 13 rr rr r r r 11 2s 41crnr n
2
' 1 crnrrrrr 11 ·14 4t mrwrarrwu 26 41r ·Eff!ll
3 @I EITF-&crrrll 15 @i U EJ tt g II 21 @i EW'P 'II
4 'IF EECH II 16@ t EI!Elftcrtr:ril 28@ i EWLJII
5 ' I r F EEEFII 11@ fEU bH bff W II 29@ i E!Etff=ll
6 '1 r mcrnll 18 @t rrrrrnrrr r 11 30
@i rnr 11""
7
'I EW'F craB 19
'IEH EEEFW-F II 31
@i EHWII
8' It ma:rFB 20 @ 1 uu rrrrrr r 11 32
@ 1 r rn11
9 '1 u rrrrcrrrl 21 @t u rnrrrrw 11 33 @1 mP ~ 11
10
' I EW'EF Effil 22
@i W U EEFrtJtll 34
$i W F II
n' 1crncrncrll 23
@1rnw oou 11 35
@ i w~11
u 41 rrrrr i 11 ·24 $t rrrrrrrrr i 11 36 4i w p~ 11\_,
Chart 13
Dotted-Eighth SixteenthS

1. 2 3 4

1
'tuu u r 'oocrr lu uu r luoor n
5 6 7 8

2
' I EEEFUF IEE EEUF IE EE FU E) EEE U EQ31 r
'f UUE
9 10 ·_ JJ 12

3
FEFIEJUE EEFIF EEFLJUI EEEFucfll
13 14 15 16

~$t uu uu luu uu 'u uu ulu uu U' ·


17 18 19 20

; 'tu uuu lu E::1CfEf luu u Uuuu ull


21 22 23 24

' 'tr :u r luu EJ lugr luu r I


25 26 27 28

· ''uuu luur lguulu ur 11

29 30 31 32 33 34 . 35 36

:llur luuluulur luulacrluulur h


Chart 13.5
Crazy Sixteenth Rhythms

1 ; l f ' ' 3; ' 41

4'! rrr r rrrrr '&wur 'uw wcr 'arurccrr


5 7

4UEU F 6fT l.r EifEfaFI arE:YbU EU I.EfUaFEU F


10 Jl 12

rrrrbff 1-
14 15 16

17 18 19 20

4EbfEbf' EfEYI' EfEfU' PF IF" f .


P' EfF I' EfE!' EfF
21 22 23 24

4EEEFEf' EEEFEf' IEf' U bU F lgcr' U Ef' lcruanzr F I


25 26 27 28

4l 'EfF It 'EfUF lw UW tyiU UEEEFF I


·"'
6/8 Counting In 6/8 time, the dotted-quarter
Mixed Triplet Rhythms · note gets the beat. There are
only 2 beats per measure that
are divided into triplets.

3 4

Ir r r r r r Ir·
1 la li 2 la li
6 7 8

Ir· lr r F r· r·
I

10 ll. 12

P r 'r o r
.14 15 16

p I r r r r· IF PF P Ir·

21 22 23 24

4r ' F r· lr ' r r· lr F F r· lr ~
F r·
25 26 27 28

4P ' ' p ' ' lr ' F r· lr r F F ' r lp ' ' ~ ' '
30 31 32

t E E I r· t F F IF P F P Ir· r· II

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