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Lesson 3 Rests and rhythm composition

Learn music theory: ABRSM Grades 1&2

Learning objectives

• What rests are

• Composing our own rhythms

What is a rest?

• In a (4/4) we can fit 4 crotchets

• We need to have 4 crotchets in it

• But what if we don’t want to play 4 notes?

What is a rest?• A rest is a part of a bar where we don’t play a note

We can skip a note…

Types of rest• Just like crotchets, minims, and semibreves are all written differently

• Rests are written differently depending on their length

Minim rest• A small rectangle on top of the middle line

Semibreve rest• A small rectangle below the fourth line (remember we count from

the bottom!)

Writing our own rhythms!

• We can finally start writing!

• We will only try to write 2 bars in (4/4)

• Then you will try to do the same in (3/4)!

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