NOTE LENGHTSPARTS OF A NOTE
All of the parts of a note affect how long it lasts.
The head of the note may be filled in (black), or not. The note may also have (or not) a stem, one or more flags, beams connecting it to other notes, or one or more dots following the head of the note. All of these things affect how much time the note is given in the music.
LENTH OF A NOTE
With the note lenghts we can know how long each sound lasts.
WHOLE NOTE or SEMIBREVE (4 beats)
HALF NOTE or MINIM (2 beats)
QUARTER
NOTE or CROTCHET (1
beat)
EIGHT NOTE or QUAVER (1/2 beat)
SIXTEENTH NOTE or SEMIQUAVER (1/4 beat)
Take a look:
RESTS
WHOLE
NOTE AND
REST
HALF NOTES AND REST
QUARTER NOTES AND REST
EIGHT NOTES AND REST
SIXTEENTH NOTES AND REST
With the note lenghts we can know how long each sound lasts.
WHOLE NOTE or SEMIBREVE (4 beats)
HALF NOTE or MINIM (2 beats)QUARTER
NOTE or CROTCHET (1
beat)
EIGHT NOTE or QUAVER (1/2 beat)SIXTEENTH NOTE or SEMIQUAVER (1/4 beat)The note with no stems or
flags is a WHOLE NOTE.
All others note lengths are defined by how long they last compared to a whole note.
A note that lasts half as long as a whole note is a HALF NOTE.
A note that lasts quarter as long as a whole note is a QUARTER NOTE.
The pattern continues with EIGTH NOTE, SIXTEENTHE NOTE and so on, each type of note being half the length of the previous type.
Two or more quavers or shorter noter notes can be joined together with a BEAM:
All others note lengths are defined by how long they last compared to a whole note.
A note that lasts half as long as a whole note is a HALF NOTE.
A note that lasts quarter as long as a whole note is a QUARTER NOTE.
The pattern continues with EIGTH NOTE, SIXTEENTHE NOTE and so on, each type of note being half the length of the previous type.
Two or more quavers or shorter noter notes can be joined together with a BEAM:
4 quavers beamed
together
4 sixteenth notes beamed together
Take a look:
RESTS
Music does not consist only of sound, it also includes silences.
As we know how long each sound lasts with the note lengths we can know how long each silence lasts.
Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note length.
As we know how long each sound lasts with the note lengths we can know how long each silence lasts.
Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note length.
WHOLE
NOTE AND
REST
HALF NOTES AND REST
QUARTER NOTES AND REST
EIGHT NOTES AND REST SIXTEENTH NOTES AND REST