Rhythm – Figurenotes

Figurenotes rhythm is clear and intuitive

The note is as long as it looks

This literal interpretation of rhythm needs little explanation, making teaching a breeze.

Bars

Each bar in a piece is the same size.

Each beat is shown by a dotted line.

We can see how many beats each note takes up.

Note Duration

Each Figurenotes shape is one crotchet beat (quarter note)

A tail is added to show longer notes.

Shapes are squashed to show shorter notes.

Rests

If there is a note, there is no sound.

Each beat takes up the same amount of space on the page. Bars show each beat, making it easy to see how long the notes are. The dots and squiggles come later, once a sense of pulse and rhythm has been established. See ‘Progression’ for more details.

This literal interpretation of rhythm needs little explanation, making teaching a breeze.

Studies show that pupils learning with Figurenotes progress faster in rhythmic skills and sense of pulse.

What do our users say?

Figurenotes is the best thing I've come across in over 40 years of teaching music

Nothing translates as easily as Figurenotes.
It's just so obvious that it works!

I am loving Figurenotes and so are my pupils. They completely get the rhythms because they are intuitive

A huge hit with the students! They didn’t need any explanation as to how it worked. They could straight away just start following the music and playing on the keyboards!