EKS Lesson Four Developing two hand coordination
EKS Lesson Four Developing two hand coordination
Earlier in the course we divided the bar into four (4) notes, giving us quarter notes. Now we are going to divide each of those quarter notes in half, producing eighth notes. They are called eighth notes because they divide a bar of common time into eight (8) notes.
You will recall that a quarter note is worth one (1) beat. Now that we have cut the quarter note in half, we have two notes per beat and, therefore, each eighth note is worth half (½) of a beat.
We are going to play eighth notes now, using the A major scale with our right hand. Effectively, you are playing two notes on each note. Look at Exercise 2 below.
Count out loud, as shown in the exercise, and read the ‘+’ sign as ‘and’, so you will say “1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and”. As always use the multimedia files to help you along.
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