Eighth notes are also called quavers.

Eighth notes are half the length of quarter notes. You can fit 8 eighth notes into a bar of 4/4.

	They are notated as a solid note on a straight stem with one flag or tail coming off the end of the stem.
	An eighth note rest is a symbol that looks a little like the number 7. The one small ball in the top left is the equivalent of the one flag on an eighth note.

Eighth notes are counted "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and" etc. Count out loud as you play. Practice these from 60 - 150 BPM.

Examples are at 100 BPM.

5a.

5b.

5c.

5d.

Now add the bass drum on each beat to help feel the pulse.

5e.

5f.

5g.

5h.

Standard eighth note groove

These grooves involve playing eighth notes on the hi-hats and adding various bass and snare drum notes. Watch these four videos to help you master this groove. Once mastered, play each groove for at least a few minutes each day until really comfortable. Start increasing the metronome tempo from 60 up to 130 BPM or more. Try spending a week on each 10 BPM.

Start with just the hi-hats	Then play the hi-hats and bass drum	Now play the hi-hats and snare drum	Now put it all together

5i.

5j.

5k.

5l.

5m.

5n.

5o.

5p.

These grooves have eighth notes on the snare drum as well.

5q.

5r.

5s.

5t.

5u.

5v.

5x.

5y.

Some 8th note grooves have quarter note hi-hats.

6a.

6a.

6b.

6c.

6d.

6e.

6f.

6g.