| Notes are the musical notation representing a fixed | | | | Half notes (or minim notes) are half of a whole note, or |
| pitch. While the word strictly refers to the physical | | | | two beats. They are written as a hollow note with a |
| notation of a pitch, it's more commonly used to refer to | | | | stem that points up when placed below the middle of |
| both the pitch and the notation. | | | | the staff, up when placed above it. |
| Notes are named after the first seven letters in the | | | | Quarter notes (or crochet notes) represent a quarter |
| alphabet -- A, B, C, D, E, F, and G -- and keep the | | | | of a whole note, or one beat in 4/4 time. They are the |
| same letter value as they are repeated up or down | | | | most recognizable note: a solid black note with a stem. |
| the keyboard or other musical instrument. | | | | Eighth notes (or quaver notes) are one-eighth of a |
| But since there are twelve notes in a diatonic scale, | | | | whole note and are written exactly like a quarter note, |
| the seven notes can be altered. To get the extra five | | | | but with a flag attached to the stem. When more than |
| notes,we sharp notes(raise by a half-step) and flat | | | | one eighth note is placed side by side, a solid beam |
| notes (lower by a half-step); the sharped and flatted | | | | connects the adjacent notes. |
| notes are the black keys on a piano. All notes can be | | | | Sixteenth notes (or demi-quaver notes) are |
| altered this way, but a C flat is enharmonic with B, a | | | | one-sixteenth of a whole note and represented as an |
| white key, and B sharp is enharmonic with C -- a white | | | | eighth note with two flags or two solid beams. |
| key.Likewise E sharp is enharmonic with F -- also a | | | | Thirty-second (demi-semi-quaver) and sixty-fourth |
| white key, and of course F flat is enharmonic with E, a | | | | notes (hemi-demi-semi-quaver) represent the section |
| white key. | | | | of a whole note indicated by their names; they are |
| The types of notes and their values are based on the | | | | drawn as eighth or sixteenth notes with an additional |
| amount of time they take up in a song and are named | | | | flags. |
| in a hierarchy of values: | | | | It's also important to mention that the value of a note |
| Breve | | | | can be changed by adding a dot. Dotted notes |
| Minim | | | | represent the value of the original note, plus one half. |
| Crochet | | | | For instance, dotted half notes are held for three |
| Quaver | | | | beats, dotted quarter notes for a beat and one half, |
| Demi-quaver | | | | and so on. |
| Demi-semi-quaver | | | | In addition to musical notes, there are also musical |
| Hemi-demi-semi-quaver | | | | rests which are signs of silence. They have the same |
| Whole notes (or breve notes) are four beats long (in | | | | time values as their corresponding notes, and when |
| common time, also known as 4/4 time), which is equal | | | | interspersed with notes of varying time values create |
| to one measure in 4/4 time. They are represented by | | | | different kinds of rhythms. |
| a hollow, oval note with no stem. | | | | All together, they spell music. |