Music Notes

Notes

Whole Note

• Represents four beats
• Looks like an open circle (O)
• Also known as a "semibreve"

Half Note

• Represents two beats
• Looks like an open circle with a stem ()
• Also known as a "minim"

Quarter Note

• Represents one beat
• Looks like a closed circle with a stem ()
• Also known as a "crotchet"

Eighth Note

• Represents half a beat
• Looks like a closed circle with a stem and a flag ()
• Also known as a "quaver"

Sixteenth Note

• Represents a quarter of a beat
• Looks like a closed circle with a stem and two flags ()
• Also known as a "semiquaver"

Thirty-Second Note

• Represents an eighth of a beat
• Looks like a closed circle with a stem and three flags ()
• Also known as a "demisemiquaver"

Sixty-Fourth Note

• Represents a sixteenth of a beat
• Looks like a closed circle with a stem and four flags ()
• Also known as a "hemidemisemiquaver"

Longer and Shorter Notes

• Longer notes: can be extended by adding more flags or beams
• Shorter notes: can be divided by adding more flags or beams

Music Notes

Note Values

• Whole Note: represents 4 beats, symbol: O, also known as semibreve
• Half Note: represents 2 beats, symbol:, also known as minim
• Quarter Note: represents 1 beat, symbol:, also known as crotchet
• Eighth Note: represents 0.5 beats, symbol:, also known as quaver
• Sixteenth Note: represents 0.25 beats, symbol:, also known as semiquaver
• Thirty-Second Note: represents 0.125 beats, symbol:, also known as demisemiquaver
• Sixty-Fourth Note: represents 0.0625 beats, symbol:, also known as hemidemisemiquaver

Note Duration

• Longer notes: extended by adding more flags or beams
• Shorter notes: divided by adding more flags or beams