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Bassopotomus_2
09-07-2001, 01:42 PM
Hey.


I am very confused on what bassists mean when they say "eighth note" and "quarter note" ect.

im a 3 month newbie, so sorry if i sound stupid :D


could you please just give me a list and small descriptions of what all the "notes" mean.

thanx guys ( and u beautiful gals :p)

Jase :cool:

yawnsie
09-07-2001, 04:19 PM
Well, I'll have ago...

Eighth notes, quarter notes, and so on are all to indicate how long a note should last. Music is split up into different "bars", which are measures of time. In 4/4 time, probably the most common time "signature" in rock and popular music, every bar has four beats.

Using 4/4 time, this is a list of some of the different notes:


Whole note - this is a note that lasts for the entire bar.
Half note - There are two half notes in a bar, normally. Imagine it like one and TWO and three and FOUR.
Quarter note - Four notes in each bar, or one on every beat. (ONE and TWO and THREE and FOUR)
Eighth notes - Eight in a bar, or two for every beat.
Sixteenth notes - Four notes for each beat.


And it goes on for 32nd notes, 64th notes, etc.

This might not be a very good explanation (in fact, I'm sure it isn't), but hopefully it might be of some use to you.

Bassopotomus_2
09-07-2001, 06:55 PM
no actually, it was a pretty damn good explanation :D.

well it helped me out a bunch and i think i fully understand.

thanx alot dude


jase :cool:

tallguybcs
09-18-2001, 01:41 AM
Originally posted by yawnsie
Well, I'll have ago...

Eighth notes, quarter notes, and so on are all to indicate how long a note should last. Music is split up into different "bars", which are measures of time. In 4/4 time, probably the most common time "signature" in rock and popular music, every bar has four beats.

Using 4/4 time, this is a list of some of the different notes:


Whole note - this is a note that lasts for the entire bar.
Half note - There are two half notes in a bar, normally. Imagine it like one and TWO and three and FOUR.
Quarter note - Four notes in each bar, or one on every beat. (ONE and TWO and THREE and FOUR)
Eighth notes - Eight in a bar, or two for every beat.
Sixteenth notes - Four notes for each beat.


And it goes on for 32nd notes, 64th notes, etc.

This might not be a very good explanation (in fact, I'm sure it isn't), but hopefully it might be of some use to you.

Great post, informative, yet compact! woohoo! :D