The Best Way to Count 16th Note Rhythms

In today's lesson, I am going to teach you about the best way to count 16th note rhythms. I guarantee you will see sixteenth note patterns in your piano pieces all the time so you want to make sure you understand how to count them.

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[deadnthehead]

I've been learning to play the guitar for over ten years. I studied a little bit of music theory and how to count rhythm and although, I understand the concepts, I have never really been able to use it practically. Like when I try to count notes in a song I already know how to play really well, I completely mess up. Your video has done a very good job at explaining and you're breaking it down so well I feel like I can go back and try again. Thank you for the content. I've subscribed and will follow your channel. Thank you again, and keep up the great work.

[marcusvaldes]

I like this explanation of time signature: Top number is the number you count to, bottom number is how fast you count.

[caitlinkenney]

This was exactly what I was looking for with regards to sixteenth notes. Thank you!!!

[LessonsOnTheWeb]

Hey students. Make sure you check out this lesson next. It's the "Common Rhythm Patterns You Need to Know"

[PaulTheEldritchCat]

How weird, I just realized I never knew how to call the notes in English (I'm French).
The same way that French don't use letters for pitch (but do ré mi fa sol la si instead), we use other names for rythm notes (translations are approximative) :

Whole note -> a round
Half note -> a white
Quarter note -> a black
Eighth -> a crooked or a hook
Sixteenth -> double-crooked / double-hook (which makes sense, when these notes a packed together you can see the flags stacked on top of each other)

Funny how language works. For me the quarter note feels like a reference, a landmark. Like the meter. You have bigger and smaller units, and it stands in the middle.
But with the English names, it seems more like the whole note is the reference and everything else is derived from it.

Love this. It's the same music, but not the same feeling.
Thanks for your videos Tim!

[lovetoplayharp]

Thank you, Tim. I'm actually a Celtic harp player, but this was really useful to me. I'm trying to really work on my pulse and timing, and one just has to figure out those 16th notes!

[hao_are_u]

This was very helpful to me, especially since I’m learning a piece that combines eighth and sixteenth notes!

[hillers]

I was looking for a rhythm lesson for guitar but your video was perfect for what I wanted.
Well presented and well explained 👌👌👌🎶🎶🎶

[sligon]

Great lesson Tim, I now understand 16th notes...the light bulb went on, when you said it is all relative i.e. beat duration, so slow down if it is too difficult to play... :-)

[Emil-kofv]

I was looking for the same on guitar but it still worked. This was extremely helpful

[SuperFluidFerroFluid]

I'm used to a more electronic four-e-end-uh with kicks and highhats included but i like where this is going ;)

[bukowskimoho]

helped me a lot, so when you are sigth reading, you subdivide te count depending on the note values used in the each mesure to make thing easier.... great!

[marinateddy]

This video make me understand everything

[jeromegoslett]

What app are you using for your presentation? Can save the planet from paper waste.

[TheTektronik]

It may take me a longer than I originally thought to learn it. Thanks a lot for the lesson teacher Tim.

[klerin]

Awesome ..
You are the best teacher ...

[roxiethecockapoo]

I've been playing piano for 8 years and never learned this lol. Thank you so much.

[מנגו-רח]

Very helpful, clear explanation. Thank you man!

[ericswolgaard]

Very factual and informative- delivered in a highly personable style- thanks!

[Lukas]

Thanks, I was beginning to lose my mind on how to pronounce 0.25x of a quarter note in my native tongue so I'm just going to switch to counting in english, easier that way.