Pick-up Notes

Pick-Up Notes Explained Watch the video and stop at 0:57. This will give you a better explanation about pick up notes. Counting Pick Up Notes Count the Pick-up Note Let's figure out how to write in the counts. Remember that the pick-up note steals it's beat from the last measure. What count would we write under the rhythm to count us in correctly? Write the number by the blue dot 4 Pick-ups with eighth notes Write in the counts Now we have a piece of music in 3 and starting with eighth notes. How would you write in the counts here? Remember it steals it's beats from the last measure of the song AND we count eighth notes by using "1 " "2 " "3 ", etc. Fill in the correct counts in the blue dots. 3 +