Sixteenth Notes
Sixteenth notes have half the value of eighth notes (a total of 16 notes per bar or 4 notes per beat). Sixteenth notes are very important in Rhythm and Blues, Funk and Rock. They can be counted as 1 e and ah, 2 e and ah, 3 e and ah, 4 e and ah.
Here are some typical groupings of sixteenth notes, combined with eighth notes and rests.
The following examples combine the previous sixteenth note rhythms. Try tapping your foot on each beat as you count. Listen to the recording carefully to help get the timing of these examples.
Start writing down any interesting rhythms you hear and make up parts and licks based on them. Once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun and an endless source of new ideas.
Class Sessions
1- Developing a Theme
2- Moving Licks
3- Grace Notes
4- Set Rhythms
5- More Set Rhythms
6- Two Bar Rhythms
7- Ties
8- Across the Bar
9- Triplets
10- Triplet Set Rhythms
11- Sliding Scales
12- Major Pentatonic - Other Forms
13- Chords and Arpeggios
14- Major Pentatonic Scales
15- LESSON TWENTY TWO
16- 12 Bar Arpeggio Riff
17- Arpeggio Solo
18- Sixteenth Notes
19- Set Rhythms With Sixteenths
20- The C Form
21- INTRODUCTION
22- Slow Blues Solo
23- Tremolo
24- The Blues Scale
25- Blues Licks
26- Blues Solo
27- Higher Up
28- The Trill
29- The D Form
30- LESSON THIRTY ONE
31- The Rake
32- Twelve-Eight Time
33- The A Form
34- LESSON THIRTY THREE
35- The G Form
36- Combining Major and Minor
37- Rhythm Notation
38- Common Picking Directions
39- Adding the Minor Third
40- Summary of Scales
41- Chords
42- A New Solo
43- Note Values
44- G Form Solo
45- A Form Solo
46- C Form Solo
47- Diagrams
48- Arpeggios
49- Dotted Notes
50- Combining Forms
51- Tablature
52- The Shuffle
53- Tablature Symbols