Rhythm - Whole Note

In class we talked about notes. While notes give us a lot of information, one of the things they tell us is how long we should play. Here is one type of note:

This is a whole note. For our purposes, this note is held for four beats.

You can either count four beats:                                        

1     -     2     -     3     -     4



or you can say the chant that we learned in class:                  

su    -     per     -     long     -     note

Below is a recording of myself playing two whole notes. Do you hear and see how long it lasts?

Practice clapping and playing whole notes in the following piece:

Click here to learn about the half note!