Rudiments of Music

Elements of Music
Rhythm refers to the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the arrangement of beats.

. There are ways time can be organized in Music:
 * Beat: which refers to the way time in music is divided. A whole note 𝅝 has four beats. A half note 𝅗𝅥 has two beats. A quarter note♩has one beat. An eighth note 𝅘𝅥𝅮 is equivalent to 1/2 of a quarter note. A sixteenth note 𝅘𝅥𝅯 is equivalent to 1/2 of an eighth note. A thirty-second note 𝅘𝅥𝅰 is equivalent to 1/2 of a sixteenth note. A sixty-fourth note 𝅘𝅥𝅱 is equivalent to 1/2 of a thirty-second note. Another type of beat is known as a rest. A rest indicates an interval of silence in a piece of music. Similar to notes, rests also have a hierarchy of durations. A whole rest 𝄻has four beats. A half rest 𝄼 has two beats. A quarter rest 𝄽 has one beat. An eighth note 𝄾 is equivalent to 1/2 of a quarter note. A sixteenth rest 𝄿 is
 * Beats in music are divided into measures. Time Signature indicates how beats are grouped into measures. Time signature is usually presented as a fraction. The numerator signifies the beat as a division of a whole note. The denominator signifies how many beats are in a meeasure.