Ref: Counting Rhythm

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Assuming 4/4 time...

Numbers/words in ()'s means you don't play the beat, but you do count it.

The words used below can be changed out to whatever you're most comfortable with. The main point is to keep track of the beat.

Whole Notes

1 (2 3 4)

Dotted Half Notes

1 (2 3) 4

Half Notes

1 (2) 3 (4)

Dotted Quarter Notes

1 (2) and (3) 4 (1) and (2) 3 (4) and (1) 2 (3) and (4)

Quarter Notes

1 2 3 4

Quarter Note Triplets

1 dra git 3 dra git

Dotted Eighth Notes

1 (uh and) uh (2 uh) and (uh 3) uh (and uh) 4

Eighth Notes

1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

Eighth Note Triplets

1 trip let 2 trip let 3 trip let 4 trip let

Sixteenth Notes

1 uh and uh 2 uh and uh 3 uh and uh 4 uh and uh

Sixteenth Note Triplets

1 trip le and trip le 2 trip le and trip le 3 trip le and trip le 4 trip le and trip le

32nd Notes

1 la uh la and la uh la 2 la uh la and la uh la 3 la uh la and la uh la 4 la uh la and la uh la

Intervals Scales Circle of 5ths Fret Maps CAGED Charts Diatonic Chords Diatonic Keys Chord Fingerings Chord Naming Progressions Modes Counting Rhythm Arpeggios Reading Tab Other Notation Injury