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Note Duration in Music Explained

The document discusses different note durations in music, including that a whole note has the longest duration, a half note is half as long as a whole note, a quarter note is a fourth of a whole note, and notes smaller than a quarter note like eighth notes and sixteenth notes have flags that halve their duration.

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Note Duration in Music Explained

The document discusses different note durations in music, including that a whole note has the longest duration, a half note is half as long as a whole note, a quarter note is a fourth of a whole note, and notes smaller than a quarter note like eighth notes and sixteenth notes have flags that halve their duration.

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Note Duration

• The length of time that a note is played is called its note duration, which is determined by the
type of note

• The whole note has the longest note duration in modern music.

• The half note has half the duration of a whole note.

• Two half notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note.

• The quarter note is a fourth (or a quarter ) of a whole note.

• Four quarter notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note. Two quarter notes
equal the duration of a half note.

• Notes smaller in duration than a quarter note have flags. Each flag halves the value of a note.

• An eighth note has one flag.

• Therefore, two right notes occupy the same amount of time as one quarter note

• A sixteenth note has two flags, halving the value again.

• Two sixteenth notes equal the duration of an eighth note.

• Four sixteenth notes occupy the same amount of time as one quarter note.

• Although it is possible to have notes with three or more flags, they are seldom used.

• This chart displays the relationship of all five note types discussed in this lesson.

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