Originally Posted by: Jpin109Is there any lessons here strictly on reading rythm in standard notation. like how do you count a dotted quarter note.

A dot after a note means to play the note one and a half times as long as normal.

So a dotted 1/4 note is 1/4 plus 1/8 equalling 1 and a half beats in 4/4.

A dotted 1/2 note is 1/2 plus 1/4 equalling 3 beats in 4/4. Make sense?

This tutorial in GF 2 on reading music notation shows you how to count rhythms in this manner:

http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10272&c_id=2&ch_id=13&s_id=271

Have fun!