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. |

Half
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