Note Values - Half, Quarter, Eighth & Sixteenth Notes

What are these notes called?

• Eighth notes

• Quarter notes

• Sixteenth notes

• Half notes

Answer explanation

The two beams give it away: they're sixteenth notes.

What are these notes called?

• Eighth notes

• Quarter notes

• Sixteenth notes

• Half notes

Answer explanation

Eighth notes just have one beam.

Name this note.

• Eighth note

• Quarter note

• Sixteenth note

• Half note

Answer explanation

A quarter note has one black notehead and one stem.

Name this note.

• Eighth note

• Quarter note

• Sixteenth note

• Half note

Answer explanation

A single sixteenth note has two flags.

Name this note.

• Eighth note

• Quarter note

• Sixteenth note

• Half note

Answer explanation

A single eighth note just has one flag.

Name this note.

• Eighth note

• Quarter note

• Sixteenth note

• Half note

Answer explanation

A half note has one white notehead and one stem.

What is this part of the note called?

• the note

• the notehead

• the stem

• the black circle

Answer explanation

The official name for the "circle" part of the note is the notehead.

What is this part of the note called?

• the stick

• the notehead

• the stem

• the black line

Answer explanation

The official name for the "stick" part of the note is the stem.

How do we count these notes?

• 1 2

• 1 e

• 1 +

• 1 a

Answer explanation

Eighth notes just have one beam and we read them as "1 +."

Which note lasts longer?

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Answer explanation

The more flags you see, the shorter the note.