Lesson Tutor : Elements of Music Notation

Elements of Music Notation : Note Values
by Elaine Ernst Schneider and Joanne Mikola

Whole Note		Four beats equal one whole note.
Half Note		Two half notes make a whole.
Quarter Note		Two quarter notes make a half note Four quarter notes make a whole note
Eighth Note		Two eighth notes = 1 quarter note
Sixteenth Note		Two sixteenth notes make one eighth.
Thirty Second Note		Two 32nd notes = one sixteenth note
Whole Rest		Worth 4 beats, like the Whole Note
Half Rest		Worth 2 beats, like the half note
Quarter Rest		Worth one beat, like the quarter note
Eighth Rest		Worth half a beat, like 1 eighth note
Sixteenth Rest		Worth a half an eighth rest.
Thirty Second Rest		Worth half of a sixteenth rest.
‘Hold’ dot		Used with notes and rests to add half a beat again the note or rest value.