The Eighth Note

Lesson 2/46 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Beginner Harmonica
The Eighth Note

The Eighth Note

This is an eighth note. It lasts for half a count. There are eight eighth notes in one bar of * time.

When eighth notes are joined together the tails are replaced by one beam.

Eighth notes occur in ^ time as well as * time. Remember to count mentally and tap your foot as you play. Take this one slowly at first.

Staccato

A dot placed above or below a note tells you to play the note staccato. Staccato means to play a note short and separate from other notes. There are two ways to play a note staccato. If you are tonguing the note, make a "dot" sound with your tongue. If you are not tonguing the note, make a "huck" sound with the back of your tongue. Both these methods cut off the flow of air, thus stopping the note short.

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Class Sessions

1- What Are All These Sounds? 2- The C Major Scale 3- The Triplet 4- 12 Bar Blues 5- INTRODUCTION 6- The Eighth Note 7- Sliding Between Notes 8- Sixteenth Notes 9- Hand Vibrato 10- Playing Single Notes 11- Cross Harp Sounds 12- Rests 13- Improvisation 14- Playing in Other Keys 15- Making Musical Sounds 16- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 17- Notes on the C Harmonica 18- Swing Rhythms 19- The Trill 20- Trailing Off 21- The G Major Pentatonic Scale 22- Understanding Chords 23- Double Tonguing 24- Which Harmonica to Use 25- Reading the Notation System 26- Moving Between Positions 27- The Lead-in 28- The Train Whistle 29- Cross Harp Playing 30- The Tie 31- Call and Response 32- Melody and Harmony 33- Playing Songs 34- The Major Pentatonic Scale 35- How to Hold the Harmonica 36- Bending Notes 37- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 38- The Shuffle 39- Bar Lines 40- Consecutive Breaths 41- Different Types of Chords 42- The Blues Scale 43- Syncopation 44- Combining Chords and Single Notes 45- Grace Notes 46- Tonguing

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