{"id":21585,"date":"2025-01-15T20:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T03:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/?p=21585"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T23:01:30","slug":"learn-how-to-count-14-notes-dotted-14-notes-and-18-notes-in-hark-the-herald-angels-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/learn-how-to-count-14-notes-dotted-14-notes-and-18-notes-in-hark-the-herald-angels-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn how to count “1\/4 notes”, “dotted 1\/4 notes”, and “1\/8 notes” in Hark The Herald Angels Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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\n Learn how to play the easy melody of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. This song is played in 4\/4 time, meaning that there are four beats in a measure, and each beats gets a quarter (1\/4 note).
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\n The melody<\/strong> of this song is played by the right hand –\n<\/div>\n

<\/font> 
\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
|<\/td>\nG C C B<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nC E E D<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nG G G F<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nE D E<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nA D D C 1<\/span><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n|<\/td>\nC E E D<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nG D D B<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nB A G<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nG G G C<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nF E E D<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nG G G C<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nF E E D<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nA A A G<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nF E F<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nD EF G C<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nC D E<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nA A A G<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nF E F<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
|<\/td>\nD EF G<\/td>\n|<\/td>\nC D C<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/font> 
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\n In the first measure, “G C C B<\/font><\/strong>” 
\n G<\/font><\/strong> gets a “1\/4 note”;
\n C<\/font><\/strong> (High C) gets a “1\/4 note”;
\n C<\/font><\/strong> (High C) gets a “dotted 1\/4 note”, which equals to “1\/4 notes” plus “1\/8 note”;
\n B<\/font><\/strong> gets a “1\/8 note”.
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\n The same pattern repeats in the third measure, “G G G F<\/font><\/strong>”
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\n \"Zebrakeys_Hark_The_Herald_Angels_Sing\"
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