Topic: A way to talk about rhythm in posts
Here is a method to write rhythm, so we can talk about it:
The basics -
W - whole note
H - half note
Q - quarter note
E - eighth note
S - sixteenth note
32 - 32nd note, etc.
Wr - whole note rest
Hr - half note rest
Qr - quarter note rest
Er - eighth note rest
Sr - sixteenth note rest
r or R - a rest
It looks like this
|W|
|H H|
|Q Q Q Q|
|EE EE EE EE|
|SSSS SSSS SSSS SSSS|
Barres are divided by || markers, and notes are grouped into 4 groups per barre in 4/4 ( or 3/4, etc.) time.
more examples
|H Q Q|
|H Q Qr|
|EEr Q Qr Q|
|SSSS Qr Q EE|
Dots or periods -
a dot or period is any note plus half its value, like normal music notation
|Q. Er Q. Er|
|Q E.S E Er. SE|
or
|Q· Er Q· Er|
|Q E· S E Er· SE|
Triplets -
T or Qt is a triplet (3Qt = 1Q)
|TTT TTT TTT TTT|
Ht is lazy triplet (3Ht = 1H)
|Ht Ht Ht Ht Ht Ht|
6t is a sextuplet (6t = 1Q)
|6t 6t 6t 6t 6t 6t 6t Q Q |
rest notes -
you can use an r if the rest note value is obvious
|SSrS SSrS SrSS SrrS|
|Q r Er Q|
|H.r Q Q|
Tied notes -
tQ - a Q (quarter note) tied to the last note, etc.
I hope this will help toprovide a way to talk about rhythm. I hope I have not made many mistakes