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     Rhythm is harder to explain than alot of the lessons here at Guitarweek. Here we have animated what are the four Main Rhythm patterns. The First one is the 1/4 note - the Second is the 1/8 Notes - the third is Triplets and the fourth is 1/16 Notes.
The best timing to work with for learning is 60 Beats Per Minute, The beats per minute is what you actually tap your feet to. The rhythm of words have different patterns and If you read anything, you can identify the rhythm pattern by using one of the four examples above.

Quarter notes at 60bpm is one note every second
Eighth notes at 60bpm is two notes every second
Triplet notes at 60bpm is three notes every second
Sixteenth notes at 60bpm is four notes every second

  A beat can be referenced as a word - If you say any word, it will be broken into one or more syllables,   

The word "What" would use a quarter notes
The word "Butter" would use an eighth notes
The word "Envelope" would use a triplet notes
The word "Amplifier" would use sixteenth notes

    The timing of the song determines how "Words" you say each minute - the "words" referred to here is more commonly the "Beat" of a song.  The "Time Signature" (a fraction 2/4, 3/4, 4/4) has nothing to do with how many words you say a minute - it refers to how many words you say each measure

we are still working on this lesson.......