{"id":16059,"date":"2023-08-24T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodandfirestudio.com\/?p=16059"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:48:11","slug":"notenwerte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodandfirestudio.com\/en\/notenwerte\/","title":{"rendered":"Note values easily explained: an overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every melody, every chord, and ultimately every song is made up of notes. These notes have two important properties that make up music: the pitch, which indicates which of the 12 possible notes is being played and how high or low our note sounds, and the note value, which indicates how long that note is being played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longest note is called a whole note and is a full 4\/4 bar (four beats) long, hence the name. Don't know what a bar is? Then I highly recommend my article on bars, rhythm and time signatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The names are derived from the duration of note values within a 4\/4 bar - a note that lasts a whole bar is called a \"whole note\". A half note lasts half a 4\/4 bar (i.e. two beats), a quarter note lasts a quarter of the bar, an eighth note lasts an eighth of the bar, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note value<\/th>Appearance<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Whole note<\/td>\"\"<\/td>An empty circle without a stem<\/td><\/tr>
Half note<\/td>\"\"<\/td>An empty circle with a stem<\/td><\/tr>
Quarter note<\/td>\"Quarter<\/td>A filled circle with a stem<\/td><\/tr>
Eighth note<\/td>\"Eighth<\/td>A filled circle with a stem and a flag<\/td><\/tr>
Sixteenth note<\/td>\"Sixteenth<\/td>A filled circle with a stem and two flags<\/td><\/tr>
Thirty-second<\/td>\"Thirty-second\"<\/td>A filled circle with a stem and three flags<\/td><\/tr>
Sixty-fourth<\/td>\"Sixty-fourth\"<\/td>A filled circle with a stem and four flags<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If the note has a stem, it may rise to the right of the notehead or fall to the left of the notehead. In most cases, for reasons of compactness and legibility, the stem is placed to the right if the note is lower than the staff centerline, or to the left if it is higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When two or more notes that have one or more flags follow each other, the flags are linked to make them easier to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flags of adjacent notes are connected.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note values always remain the same - even in other time signatures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The note values remain the same regardless of the time signature. Only the number of notes that fit into a bar changes. For example: Four quarter notes will fit into a 4\/4 bar, but only two quarter notes will fit into a 2\/4 bar. But they are the same length as the quarter notes in 4\/4 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this simple rule, you can quickly find out how long each time signature is and what note values it contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n