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Piano/Rhythm

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There are two essential pieces to music: rhythm and pitch. Pitch refers to how high or low a note is in tone, whereas rhythm refers to the arrangement of those tones. Since pitch can get fairly complicated, let us first discuss rhythm.

Beats

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A beat in the music is a "pulse." For instance, if you played one note on the piano, it might look like this: