#2 BARS and RHYTHM on a DAW

In a piano roll of every DAW there are written a numbers that indicates the bars
and the partition of every bar where you insert notes with different rhythm (so
with different length).

There is an example of 4 bars. Every of these 4 bars are subdivided in 4:

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That means that this song (and the majority of electronic songs and pop songs) is
in 4/4, so every bars can contain four beats:

Every of these 4 beats can be also subdivided in smaller beats (so in fastest
beats):

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Let me explain you the correspondence of the beats that I show you above:

1. This is a bar in 4/4:

every of these red blocks are called QUARTER note:

One quarter note: 1/4

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2. This is another bar on 4/4 with smaller beats than quarter notes:

Every of these red blocks are called EIGHTH note:

One eighth note: 1/8.

One eighth note is half of a quarter note.

Two of these eighth note are equal to a quarter note:

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3. Bar on 4/4 with smaller beats than quarter notes and eight notes:

Every of these red blocks are called SIXTEENTH note:

One sixteenth note: 1/16

One sixteenth note is half of eighth note.

Four of these sixtheenth note are equal to a quarter

note:

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4. There are also a bigger beats than a quarter note. Here is an example on a 4/4
bar:

Every of these red blocks are called HALF-note:

One half-note: 2/4.

One half-note is double of quarter note.

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5. And the bigger note is… SEMIBREVE. Here is an example on a 4/4 bar:

One semibreve: 4/4.

One semibreve is 4 times bigger than a quarter note.