Quarter Note = 1 beat Count example: 1

Eighth Notes = 1/2 beat Count example: 1 & Or single…

Half Note = 2 beats Count example: 1 - (2)

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 1-A Quarter and Eighth notes

1 2 3 & 4

1 & 2 3 & 4

1 & 2 & 3 4

1 2 & 3 4

1 & 2 3 4

1 & 2 & 3 & 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 1-B Quarter note and Quarter Rest

1 (2) 3 (4)

1 (2) 3 4

(1) 2 (3) 4

1 (2) (3) (4)

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 2 Ties and half notes

1 (2) 3 (4)

1 2 3 (4)

1 & (2) & 3 (4)

1 & 2 & 3 (4)

1 (2) 3 4

1 & 2 3 (4)

1 2 (3) 4

1 & 2 (3) 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 3 Rests

1 (2) 3 (4)

1 (2) 3 4

1 (2) 3 & 4

1 (2) 3 (4)

(1) 2 3 (4)

1 2 (3 - 4)

(1 - 2) 3 4

1 & (2 - 3) 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 4 Sixteenth Notes

1 2 3 e & a 4

1 e & a 2 3 e & a 4

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4

1 e & a 2 & 3 e & a 4

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 & 4

1 e & a 2 3 & 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 4A Sixteenth-Eighth combinations

1 (e) & a 2 (e) & a 3 & 4

1 (e) & a 2 3 & a 4

1 (e) & a 2 (e) & a 3 & a 4

1 (e) & a 2 3 & 4

1 2 (e) & a 3 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 4B Sixteenth-eighth combinations

1 e & (a) 2 e & (a) 3 e & (a) 4

1 & 2 e & (a) 3 & 4

1 e & (a) 2 e & (a) 3 & 4

1 2 3 e & (a) 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 5

1 & (2) & 3 4 Remember…a quarter notes = 2 eighth notes…

1 & (2) & 3 & 4

1 2 & (3) & 4

1 (2) & 3 4

The dot is like adding another eighth note to the quarter note… 1 (2) & 3 4

1 (2) & 3 & 4

1 (e &) a 2 (e &) a 3 (e &) a 4 these are like 16 th notes with the e and the & missing…

1 2 3 (e &) a 4

1 & 2 3 (e &) a 4

Rhythm Flash Cards Level 6 Triplets

333

333 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 triplets – divide the beat into 3 even sections – think butterfly spoken very evenly, counted as 1-&-a, etc.

333

& a 3 & a 4 & a

33

& a 3 4 & a

33

33 1 & a 2 3 & a 4

3

3 1 ( 2 ) 3 & a 4

3

3 1 & 2 3 & a 4

33

33 1 & a 2 & a 3 & 4