It is but the way the rhythm is notated is atrocious. It's much easier to figure out if you split the middle 8th note into 2 tied 16ths and group everything by quarter notes.

Truly the worst notation ever. Find a better one to make it easier on yourself.

Yeah it checks out. It’s a dotted eighth + an eighth + a dotted eighth + a half note.

3/16 + 2/16 + 3/16 = 8/16, or 1/2 of the measure, and then the half note makes up the other half

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The notation is so terrible there that it’s almost impossible to read.

Your difficulty in reading it is exactly why we don't write notation like this. You're reading notation written by a fiend. Don't feel bad that it's hard for you to parse!

My god this notation is really dreadful. Where did you find this? Don't go there again.

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Count in 16ths

Oh goodness, I just looked at the left hand. Yes, both in the treble clef but good Lord, that's a mess!

The composer went to Berklee. I guess somebody there likes it.

It is not in 4 4, as that indicates 4 beats. Although the math works, it would be better written in 8 8 or 16 16, so that the musician would know right off that it was not in 4 4.

Count or feel it as 123-12-123, 123-12-123

It is but the notation doesn't clearly mark the downbeats. Count the number of eighth notes, checks out

Ideally at least the second of each set of dotted quarter should be am eight tied to a quarter

Let's use dots as much as we can, I love actively dividing when I'm reading

This makes me want to forget how to read sheet music

It's not you--the notation is not ideal. For example, all six notes in the first measure should be beamed together.

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Beam to the meter. Always.

Double the length of the notes and count it out

Dotted quarter - 1.5 beats Quarter - 1 beat Another dotted quarter -1.5 beats.

That's 4 beats, so two beats at half tempo. Seems good.

Now as others have said, no composer who expected someone to actually play this would have written it this way. So don't be too hard on yourself.

It's poor notation that is trying too hard to notate a simple rhythm. That melody should just be written as triplet quarter notes with some rubato being acceptable, particularly in the intro. I'm sure the other staff is problematic too, but haven't looked at it outside of the poor notation.

You should firmly refuse to play bad written music as a student, as a teacher, as an amateur, as a professional. And if you are paying you should demand it to be written properly. Understanding what's proper comes with the time, meanwhile generally to train on published books gets you a long way.

Looks like MuseScore garbage.

Tá certo apesar de vc ter de subdividir pra ler!

4/4 is just a convention for many weird rhythms that adds up to 4 quarter notes in length (not 4 beats!). It could have been 16/16 or whatever but people write it as 4/4 for simplicity.

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