Note Values
Gets 4 beats in 4/4 time
What is a whole note?
Looks like an upside down hat (or a hole)
What is a whole rest?
Equals 3 beats
What is a dotted half?
Half note tied to a quarter note
What is 3 beats?
4 beats to the measure and a quarter note gets one beat
What is 4/4 time?
Gets 1 beat in 2/4 time
What is a quarter note?
Looks like a hat and sits on the middle line of the staff.
What is a half rest?
Equals 1 1/2 beats
What is a dotted quarter?
Whole note tied to a half note
What is 6 beats?
3 beats to the measure and a quarter note gets 1 beat
What is 3/4 time?
Gets 2 beats in 3/4 time
What is a half note?
Has one flag (looking like a fancy 7)
What is an eighth rest?
Equals 6 beats
What is a dotted whole?
Quarter rest tied to an eighth rest.
What is 3/4 of a beat of silence?
2 beats to the measure and a half note gets 1 beat
What is 2/2 time?
Gets 1/2 beat in 2/4 time
What is an eighth note?
Looks like a squiggly line.
What is a quarter rest?
Equals 3/4 of one beat
What is a dotted eighth?
Whole note tied to a quarter note
What is 5 beats?
12 beats to the measure and an eighth note gets 1 beat
What is 12/8 time?
4 of these equal one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a sixteenth note?
Gets 1/4 of a beat of silence
What is a sixteenth rest?
Equals 3/8 of one beat
What is a dotted sixteenth?
A half note tied to a quarter note tied to an eighth note
What is 3 1/2 beats?
10 beats in a measure and an eighth note gets one beat
What is 10/8 time?