note values
Musical time units
Note values are the symbols indicating how long a musical sound lasts relative to other sounds.
A whole note lasts twice as long as a half note, which lasts twice as long as a quarter note, and so on.
The system creates a mathematical hierarchy where each value subdivides into smaller units: Students learn note values before they can read sheet music.
- breveShort vowel indicator
- tripletSet of three
- restsCeases work temporarily
- measuresQuantifies or evaluates
- minimSmallest apothecary volume
syncopation · counting beats · ties · music theory · fermata · articulations · meter · barlines · sight-reading · dictation · ornamentation · slurs · semiquaver · crotchet · duration · semibreve · quaver · staccato
note valuespitch
Frequency of sound
dynamics · timbre · articulation · tone color · loudness
note valuesfrequency
Rate of recurrence
volume · orchestration · voicing · texture
note valuesregister
Record officially; vocal range
loudness · tonal quality · attack · envelope
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