Note Values and Time signatures

Note Values and Time signatures

Essential Question: How do I know how long the notes are held?

Note Types

• Whole

• Half

• Quarter

• Eighth

• Sixteenth

Whole note

Biggest Note

Half Note

Half the value of a whole note.

Quarter Note

Worth Half of a Half note

To extend after, you add a flag

Eighth Note

Half of a Quarter note.

Sixteenth Note

worth half of an eighth note

Note Tree!

Multiple Choice

How many Half notes are in a whole note?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Multiple Choice

How many beats are in a quarter note?

• 1

• 2

• Two eighth notes

Multiple Choice

How many eighth notes in a quarter note?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Multiple Choice

How many eighth notes are in a whole note?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

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How many quarter notes are in a half note?

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How many sixteenth notes are in an eighth note

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How many sixteenth notes are in a whole note?

Rest

• Shows how long you are silent.

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​Rests

• Same Value as a whole note

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Whole Rest

• Same Value as a half note

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Half Rest

• Same Value as a quarter note

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Quarter Rest

• Same Value as an eighth note

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Eighth Rest

• Same Value as a sixteenth note

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Sixteenth Rest

Time Signature

• Tells you how much music can go in a measure.

• The top number tells you how many beats are in a measure

• The bottom number tells you what note gets the beat.

Bottom note code

• 2=Half note gets the beat

• 4=Quarter note gets the beat

• 8=Eighth note gets the beat

• 16=Sixteenth note gets the beat