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    Free music lessons from Berklee College of Music. Rhythmic Notation guidelines: only half notes or larger can be written over the imaginary line between beats 2 and 3-. The examples below do not begin "on the beat" and are considered incorrect.

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    Free music lessons from Berklee College of Music. Rhythmic Notation guidelines: only half notes or larger can be written over the imaginary line between beats 2 and 3-. The examples below do not begin "on the beat" and are considered incorrect.

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    Free music lessons from Berklee College of Music. Rhythmic Notation guidelines: only half notes or larger can be written over the imaginary line between beats 2 and 3-. The examples below do not begin "on the beat" and are considered incorrect.

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    Berklee Music Theory: Book 1 Paul Schmeling Lesson 7: Rhythmic Notation

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    Berklee Music Theory, Book 1

    Lesson 7. Rhythmic Notation Guidelines


    The same rhythm can be written in different ways. Always try to use the simplest way so the notation is easy to read. Here are some basic guidelines. Guideline 1: It is usually better to use one note or rest of longer duration than to tie together two or more smaller values.
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    4 Guideline 2: Think of each 4 measure as being divided into two halves, between beats 2 and 3. Complete each side of the measure, keeping the third beat visible.
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    2 3

    3 4

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    1 2

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    3 4

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    1 2

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    3 4

    Guideline 3: Only half notes or larger can be written over the imaginary line between beats 2 and 3and only if they begin on the beat.
    On beat 1 On beat 2 On beat 2

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    1 2 3

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    2 3 4

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    2 3 4

    This rule does not apply to rest values.


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    Lesson 7. Rhythmic Notation Guidelines

    The examples below do not begin on the beat and are considered incorrect. The correct notation keeps the same durational values but is written so as to show the third beat.
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    . j


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    j j j j j j

    Practice
    1. Rewrite these rhythms, correcting notation errors.

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