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Duration Rhythmic value Rhythm Rhythmic values Duration is how long a note lasts. A rhythmic value is a symbol indicating relative duration (see table below). A rhythm is a series of rhythmic values. Rhythmic values indicate relative duration, not absolute duration. Each rhythmic value is half the duration of the next longer value. Shorter note values (64th notes, etc.) are also possible. breve | 14 Lea inMM Theo High-Yield Music Theory Vol. 1 Music Theory Fundamentals Section Rhythmic Values Duration Rhythmic value Rhythm Duration is how long a note lasts. A rhythmic value is a symbol indicating relative duration see table below . A rhythm is a series of rhythmic values. Rhythmic values Rhythmic values indicate relative duration not absolute duration. Each rhythmic value is half the duration of the next longer value. Shorter note values 64th notes etc. are also possible. breve W o etc. half J note half half of a whole quarter T note 8th half of a quarter OR 8th 8th of a whole note 32nd note 16th note eighth note quarter half of a half note OR quarter one quarter of a whole wJ ole o whole half of a breve note etc. Notehead The oval part of the note is called the notehead. Notes shorter than whole Stems notes have a stem attached to the notehead. Notes shorter than quarters Flags have flags or beams depending on the rhythmic context see Beams Summary of Notation Guidelines . Eighth notes have one flag or beam sixteenth notes have two flags or two beams and so on. The position of the notehead on the staff indicates the pitch of the note. Stem y g 7 Notehead Beam 2 eighth notes with flags 2 eighth notes beamed together Chapter 1 Music Notation 15 Rests Rests are similar to notes but indicate lengths of silences. A breve rest is twice as long as a whole rest a whole rest is twice as long as a half rest and so on. Remember that a whole note looks like a hole in the ground. breve whole half quarter eighth sixteenth thirty-second - ặ 7 y Ties A tie combines rhythmic values together. For example two eighth notes tied together make a rhythmic value equal to one quarter note. Ties connect notes of the same pitch. Ties never connect rests. x_x q and -Tie x x x x q and q q h etc. Augmentation dots dotted rhythmic values An augmentation dot on any note or rest adds half the duration. The rhythmic value is said to be dotted. For example a dotted half note