Keyboard Guide
Rhythm Keyboard: Group 1

Rhythm placement toggle: rhythm over chords mode.

Rhythm placement toggle: rhythm over spaces mode.

Whole note, e.g. a duration of four beats in 4/4 time.

Half note, indicating half the duration of a whole note.

Quarter note, indicating one-fourth the duration of a whole note.

Eighth note, indicating one-eighth the duration of a whole note.

Sixteenth note, indicating one-sixteenth the duration of a whole note.

Augmentation dot. Extends the value of a note or rest by 1/2.

Whole rest. A rest with a duration of one complete measure (e.g. 4 beats in 4/4 time).

Half rest. Duration of one-half the whole rest.

Quarter rest. Duration of one-fourth the whole rest.

Eighth rest. Duration of one-eighth the whole rest.

Sixteenth rest. Duration of one-sixteenth the whole rest.
Rhythm Keyboard: Group 2

Eighth-note push. Start playing the chord an eighth-note early.

Sixteenth-note push. Start playing the chord a sixteenth-note early.

Push. Usually used to indicate 8th-note pushes (start playing the chord an eighth-note early).

Hash mark. Used to indicate beat distribution in a split measure (one beat per hash mark).

Mute dot. Chord should be played and quickly muted.

Marcato. Chord should be played and quickly muted.

Delay attack by an 8th-note (although some use this to indicate a push).

Diamond. Strike the chord once and hold it for the duration of the measure.

Diamond. Strike the chord once and hold it for the duration of the measure.

Half-Note Diamond. Strike the chord once and hold it for the duration of a half note.

“Dorito.” Chord should be played, then muted.

“Dorito.” Chord should be played, then muted.

Fermata. Chord should be played/held until a predetermined cue is given.

Upside-down fermata. Chord should be played/held until a predetermined cue is given.

Delete key. On the rhythm keyboard, this key deletes only the keys found on the that keyboard.

Hides the keyboard.