QUARTER NOTE
This note gets one beat
QUARTER NOTE REST(S)
Rest for one beat
EIGHTH NOTE
This note get half of the beat
EIGHTH NOTE REST
Rest for half a beat
SIXTEENTH NOTE
This note gets a quarter of the beat
SIXTEENTH NOTE REST
Rest for a quarter of the beat
BEAMED NOTES
The example to the left is an eighth note that is
beamed. Sixteenth notes also can be beamed.
DOTTED NOTES
A dot adds half the value to the existing note. The half
note (two beats) plus half the value for the dot (one beat)
gives us three beats.