{"id":149,"date":"2019-03-05T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-13T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:03:02","slug":"understanding-rhythm-piano-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/understanding-rhythm-piano-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Rhythm (Beginner Piano Theory)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Understanding rhythm is one of the most fundamental building blocks for any musician. When sight reading, there are a million things to think about. What are the left hand notes, what are the right hand notes, and how do you coordinate them to work together?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pianote\/blog\/pdf\/note-values-cheat-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the sheet music&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are processing all of that information, the last thing you want to have to do is struggle to understand the rhythm you need to play it in. This is why having a firm grasp on rhythm before hand is so important. Once you can see notation and immediately get a sense for how the rhythm will feel, you are ready to sight read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my favorite ways to practice developing a sense for rhythm in notation is by writing the notes out with a pencil and paper. We\u2019ve got an awesome cheat sheet for you to download&nbsp;above to use as a guide! &nbsp;You can review it and then see how many notes you can remember on your own. Draw the note symbol and then it\u2019s name and value. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve got a good sense for each note and its value, write them out in random order and try clapping or tapping the rhythm you\u2019ve just created! This will help you to internalize how it all works together. Don\u2019t be afraid to count out loud as you clap or tap.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a complete break down on the most common note values you will need as a beginner piano player, enjoy the video!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weekly-email\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An introduction to rhythm and how to play piano with two-hands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[528,510],"tags":[1091],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rhythm-theory","category-theory","tag-7dsr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10866,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/10866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}