Counting Eighth Notes, 2/4 Time Signatures, Rhythm Lesson and Exercises No.13-19. This lesson covers three ways to count eighth notes (British: quaver) and 2/4 time signatures. Exercise No.13 is provided for free on the screen. If you want to practice all 60 rhythm exercises check out my Classical Guitar Method Volume 2. Here’s the YouTube Lesson Link if you want to watch it there.
Times and Sections
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 0:58 – Three Ways to Count Eighth Notes (Exercise No.13)
- 6:22 – Exercise No.14
- 7:13 – Exercise No.15
- 8:16 – Exercise No.16
- 8:48 – Exercise No.17
- 9:12 – Exercise No.18
- 9:38 – Exercise No.19
Thank you for this. Can you recommend how to count/practice for groups of bars that have 1/8, triplets, and 1/16 notes. For example Ejercicio in E Minor bars 26-30: transitioning from 1/8 or 1/16 to triplets then back to 1/8 or 1/16 notes.
You want to say focused on the main beat and feeling it and then playing the individual rhythms on top of that beat. Are you talking about Ejercicio No.2 by Ferrer from my grade 3 book? There are no triplets in that work as it’s in 3/8 time so it’s playing normal eight notes and sixteenths.