Semi Quaver Sixteenth Notes!
Semi Quaver - is a musical note which has a time duration of a sixteenth of a whole note.
For that reason, a semiquaver is also known as a sixteenth note.
If you refer to the notes-relationship diagram you will find that it is half in time when compared to an eight note. Notice the two stems for this note!
You can fit four semiquavers in one quarter beat. So assuming the time signature is 4/4, you can have sixteen such notes in a bar. A Ύ meter on the other hand can have twelve sixteenth notes in a bar.
How do you count?
Timing sixteenth notes takes practice and for that reason you will not find these notes in the beginner lessons. Since you can have four semi-quaver notes on every beat, while tapping your foot to count the beats, you need to count as 1-and-a-and, 2-and-a-and, 3-and-a-and, 4-and-a-and. Notice the four placeholders in every beat where you can fit in the sixteenth notes!
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