Counting the Beats: Basic Essentials of Music Theory

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Counting the Beats: Basic Essentials of Music Theory
Hey! I am Mark Black and I am here on expertvillage.com. I am here to talk to you about music theory and learning how to read music. So if this is our song - this is a very boring song - here is our beat, we will be going (da… da… da… da… da… da… da… oops! …that is helpful, alright, try that again,) one, two, three, go, da… da… da… da… da… da… te… da… da… da… da… It is two ways to think of this rhythm; one is I will call it arithmetic and that is which is the way most people count and it is you think of it like this, you think it is two, one, one, four, one, one, one, one, two, one, one. So you are thinking I am going to sing the note values, two, one, one, four, one, one, one, one, two, one, one. You are thinking how long that note lasts, lasts two beats, four beats or one beat.

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Expert: With a Master's Degree in Music, Mark W. Black, owner & founder of "Promethean Studios" Dallas, has taught hundreds of beginner and advanced students how to increase their music skills. Read More