![]() ![]() The image below shows a Quaver with the stem pointing down. When it goes down it will be on the left. When it goes up, it will be on the right of the note head. The Stem of a Quaver may be positioned coming up from the note head or coming down depending on it's vertical position in the stave. Counting and is given underneath the bar. The example below shows a bar of music made up entirely of Quavers. The logic here is that your strong hand (your right hand if right handed, reversed if left handed) plays all the notes 'on the beat', so the '1 2 3 4' and your weak hand fills in the notes 'off the beat' (the '+' counts). When playing a pattern on (for example) the snare, we will usually alternate between right and left. When used in a groove you will usually play them all on the right hand. This is a bit bulky when written down so we abbreviate 'and' to '+'. ![]() To achieve this we add an 'and' count after each number. We still want those four beats represented when we count a quaver but we need 2 counts to each beat. So if a Quaver lasts 1/2 a beat, logically we can fit twice as many into a bar. We said we could fit four crotchets into a bar, and the four counts represent each beat in the bar. So if the note head is in the very top gap, it will mean 'play a high tom'.įor counting we will compare to the Crotchet, which we counted '1 2 3 4'. It is where the note head is positioned on the stave that tells us which part of the kit is played. A Quaver written as a cymbal has an 'x' instead of the 'blob'. Quavers are a solid circular note head with a vertical Stem that has a 'Tail' coming out of the top. A Quaver (Eighth Note), pictured above, is a note that lasts for 1/2 a beat. ![]()
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