Note length

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	Whole note 4 strokes click in the picture for hearing

	Half note 2 strokes Click in the picture for hearing

	Fourth note 1 stroke Count 1, 2, 3, 4 Click på picture for at hear	The flagpole can be either up or down depending on where the note is placed. In the system. (The flagpole is striving towards center of the system.)

	Eighth note The eighth is half the length of a forth: Count: Tat-te, Tat-te, Tat-te, Tat-te Click på picture for at hear	You can either bind the 8th note or you may put the notes individually with a flag like in this picture.

	16th note 1/16-note is half of the eighth Count: Tava-teve,Tava-teve,Tava-teve,Tava-teve Click in he picture for hearing

	32th note By adding more bars you will half the value for each bar. (its difficult to count 32th, luckily they are very rare in normal music) Click på picture for at hear

	Triplets With triplets you have three notes per stroke. Count: Ta-ta-ta . TA-TA-TA, TA-TA-TA, TA-TA-TA Click på picture for at hear

	Punctured notes By adding a point after the note the note length is doubled.

	Swing style A very common figure in music is the punktered eighth followed by a 16th note. Often you play this note in a swing style. That is you play it as it consisted of two bound triplets followed by a third triplet. Click on the two notes and hear the difference. In most jazz music all the eighth notes are played in swing style that is:: equals in jazz (this does not apply to some styles like the Bossa Nova)

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