Note Values
A quarter note is this many beats (in 4/4 time signature)
1
B
Say the response to this: Does February like March?
No, but April May
Its drum-sticks
A half note is this many beats (in 4/4 time signature)
2 beats
The note a step above C
D
This is how you announce to someone that winter is ending
You spring it on them
This is where the music teacher left their keys
In the piano
A whole note is this many beats (in 4/4 time signature)
4
The note a step above G
A
This is why the bucket bounced
It was filled with spring water
This is why the tortilla chip started dancing
They put on salsa
A eighth note is this many beats (in 4/4 time signature)
Half a beat
The note a step below E
D
This is why the flower couldn't ride its bike
It lost all of its petals
This is why pirates are such good singers
They can hit the high C's
A sixteenth note is this many beats (in 4/4 time signature)
A quarter of a beat
Four sixteenth notes would be one beat
F
This season is the best time to buy a trampoline
Bunnies love this genre of music
Hip-hop