1 of 10

Half Note

2 beats

Quarter Note

1 beat

Whole Note

4 beats

Dotted Half Note

3 beats

2

3

4

1

2 of 10

Quarter Note

1/4

Eighth Notes

1/8

OR

Sixteenth Notes

1/16

OR

1/4

of a

whole note

1/8

of a

whole note

1/16

of a

whole note

3 of 10

WHOLE

Note

Rest

HALF (1/2)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

ONE BEAT OR MORE

1

2

3

4

LESS THAN ONE BEAT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

EIGHTH (1/8)

Note

Rest

1

16

2

3

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

SIXTEENTH (1/16)

Note

Rest

4 beats

2 beats

QUARTER (1/4)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

1 beat

2 eighth notes

equal

1 beat

4 sixteenth notes

equal

1 beat

4 of 10

WHOLE

Note

Rest

HALF (1/2)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

ONE BEAT OR MORE

1

2

3

4

LESS THAN ONE BEAT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

EIGHTH (1/8)

Note

Rest

1

16

2

3

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

SIXTEENTH (1/16)

Note

Rest

4 beats

2 beats

QUARTER (1/4)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

1 beat

2 eighth notes

equal

1 beat

4 sixteenth notes

equal

1 beat

5 of 10

Quarter Notes

Each quarter note (ΒΌ) is worth 1 beat.

Think of each quarter note as one 25 cent coin = 1 quarter.

There are 4 quarters in a dollar.

And there are 4 quarter notes in one whole note.

=

=

1 1 1 1

6 of 10

HALF

Note

Rest

2 beats

WHOLE

Note

Rest

4 beats

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

7 of 10

Quarter

Note

Rest

1 beat

WHOLE

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

4 beats

1

2

3

4

1

8 of 10

THE END!

(For now.)

9 of 10

Eighth Notes

1/8

Quarter Note

1/4

OR

1/4

of a

whole note

1/8

of a

whole note

10 of 10

WHOLE

Note

Rest

HALF (1/2)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

ONE BEAT OR MORE

1

2

3

4

LESS THAN ONE BEAT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

EIGHTH (1/8)

Note

Rest

1

16

2

3

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

SIXTEENTH (1/16)

Note

Rest

4 beats

2 beats

QUARTER (1/4)

Note

Rest

1

2

3

4

1 beat

2 eighth notes

equal

1 beat

4 sixteenth notes

equal

1 beat