NOTES AND REST VALUES

Notes and rests are musical symbols

on a staff that designate when to play
and when to not play. Notes on a staff
represent what pitch to play and for
how long. Rests are musical symbols
used to designate when to pause and
not play.
WHOLE NOTES AND
WHOLE REST

Whole notes and rests are easy to

count because they last for four
beats.
Here is an example of a whole
note and the count that it
receives.
Here is an example of a whole
rest and the count that it
receives.
HALF NOTES AND HALF
RESTS:

Half notes and rests each last for

two beats.
Here is an example of half notes and the
count that they receive.
 Here is an example of half
notes and rests in context on
the staff.
QUARTER NOTES AND
QUARTER RESTS:

Quarter notes and rests last for one

beat.
Here is an example of Quarter
notes and the count that they
receive.
Here is an example of quarter
notes and rests in context on
the staff.
EIGHT NOTES AND EIGHT
RESTS:
Eight notes and rests only last for one half of a
beat. When you are counting the rhythm of eight
notes, the usual way is to say the word “and”
between each beat.

Like this:

One-and-two-and-three-and-four-and.
Here is an example of eighth
notes and how to count them.
Here is an example of eighth notes
and rests in context with other
notes on the staff.
SIXTEENTH NOTES AND
SIXTEENTH RESTS
Sixteenth notes and rests only last for one fourth of a
beat. When you are counting the rhythm of sixteenth
notes, the usual way is to say "e-and-a" between each
beat. This subdivides each beat by four, and makes it
easier to count the sixteenth notes and rests evenly.

Like this

One e-and-a, Two e-and-a, Three e-and-a, Four e-

and-a.
Here is an example of sixteenth
notes and how to count them.
TUPLETS
AND
DOTTED
RHYTHMS
Here is an example of sixteenth
notes and rests in context with
other notes on the staff.
 TUPLET
A tuplet is a group of notes evenly condensed or
expanded over a specific duration of time. For
instance: A group of three eighth notes may be
played within the space of one quarter note. The
tuplet sign is normally placed above or below
the group of notes outside the musical staff.
A tuplet can be any number of notes of any duration, grouped by a
sign, to indicate that it should be played within a measured amount of
time as it would normally be indicated by another group of note
values. The following are tuplet note groupings with their technical
terms.

duplet two

triplet three
Quadruplet four

quintuplet five

sextuplet six

septuplet seven

octuplet eight

nontuplet nine
A tuplet may be represented with a number in
three ways. A number within a bracket helps to
identify tuplet groupings that are not beamed.
Such notes are anything greater or equal in value
than a quarter note.
A slurred tuplet identifies a group of
notes to be played legato. It is much
more simple to read than having bracket
tuplets combined with slurs.
DOTTED NOTES AND
RESTS

A dot that is placed after the note

to indicate a change in the duration
of a note. The dot adds half of the
value of the note to itself.
Dotted Whole Note
Dotted Half Note
Dotted Quarter Note
Dotted Eighth Note
Dotted Rests
TIES AND SLURS
A tie connects two or more notes
of the same pitch together with a
curved line over or under the
notes. The rhythms are then added
together. The value of the second
note, or tied note, is added to the
value of the first note.
A slur connects two or more notes of different
pitches together by a curved line over or under
the notes. When you hear notes that are
slurred, there is a connection of sound. No
break or silence is heard between the pitches.

The term legato is used to describe how you

play or sing slurred notes. Literally, it means “to
unite or bind”. To put it in simpler terms, it
means a smooth connection from one note to
the next.
EXAMPLE OF TIES
EXAMPLE OF SLUR
EXAMPLE OF TIES AND
SLURS
EXAMPLE OF TIES AND
SLURS
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