ExAmplE3 1/16 NOTES, DOTS AND TIES

For rhy thms with 16th-notes as the smallest note value, the most logical counting method is: ‘1 e & a, 2 e & a, 3 e & a, 4 e & a’. For rock solid time keeping a good piece of advice is to keep your pick moving down and up in synch with the 16th count, even when you are not ac tually picking any notes. This example is in the key of F, which means that all of the B notes are actually played Bb.