So that same dotted whole note is also equal to 6 quarter notes.įor every note value that represents a duration in sound, we have a symbol that represents an equal duration in silence. Now remember that the relationship between note values never changes.
For example the dotted eighth note is equal to three sixteenth notes.Īnd the dotted whole note is equal to three half notes. We can apply this very same formula to any dotted note value. So in total, the dotted quarter note is equal to 3 eighth notes. The dot adds half of that, 1 eighth note. What about the dotted quarter note? The quarter note alone is worth 2 eighth notes. So for example, the dotted half note is equal to three quarter notes: two from the original half note and one from its dot. The rhythm dot is used to increase the duration of a basic note value by one half of its original value. But in practice, notes smaller than the 32 nd note are not as commonly used as the other note values. After 8 eighth notes we’d have 16 sixteenth notes, 32 thirty-second notes, 64 sixty-fourth notes and so on. In theory, this pattern can go on and on. No matter what goes on in the music these proportions are always the same. This also means that 4 quarter notes make 1 whole note and so do 8 eighth notes. As the note value tree below shows, the whole note is worth 2 half notes one half note is equal to 2 quarter notes and so on. Whatever happens in the music, the proportions between the note values never changes. The note after that would be half yet again and its symbol would have yet another flag and so on and on. If we were to discuss the next note, it would be half the duration of previous one and the symbol would have an added flag. Now in theory this pattern can go on indefinitely. It looks similar to the quarter note except for the addition of a second flag:Īnd 16 sixteenth notes are equal in duration to 1 whole note. Its relative duration is that of a sixteenth of a whole note. Next comes the sixteenth note (also known as the semiquaver). The symbol is similar to the quarter note with the addition of the flag.Īnd of course, 8 eighth notes are equal to one whole note. Its relative duration is that of an eighth of a whole note. Next comes the eighth note (also known as the quaver). Its value is of a quarter of a whole note:Īnd so the duration of 4 quarter notes are equal to the duration of 1 whole note. The symbol is similar to the half note except that the head is filled in. Next is the quarter note (in British known as the crotchet). This means that the duration of 2 half notes is equal to 1 whole note. This is the half note (also known in British English as the minim) and its duration is half the whole note. In fact, all other note values derive their names in relation to the whole note. For now we are only concerned with the relative value of every note – that is, the duration of a note in comparison to all others. The exact amount of time it will be played for, however, depends on various other factors, which we learn about later on in this course. Relative to all other note values, this is the longest. It has neither a stem nor a flag, and its head is left empty rather than filled in.
For example, this is the Whole Note (also known in British English terminology as the Semibreve): These symbols can consist of up to 3 parts: the head, the stem and the flag:īy changing any of the three parts of this symbol we can notate different durations, which are better known in music as note values. Note values are the basic symbols that indicate how long or short a musical note is.
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