Transcript Note Values Power Point

Notes and Note Values
Middle School Music
Measures
• As you know, a staff is the lines on which notes
are placed. A staff is made up of 5 lines and 4
spaces.
• When a staff is divided up into sections, each
section is called a measure.
• In regular time, each measure contains 4 beats.
The Whole Note
• Today we will be looking at three different notes.
• This is the whole note. It is worth 4 beats. That
means when it is placed in a measure, it takes up
all the beats.
The Half Note
• This is a half note. Like its name suggests, it is
worth half of the value of a whole note.
• A half note is worth 2 beats.
The Quarter Note
• This is a quarter note. Can you guess how many
beats a quarter note is worth?
• A quarter note is worth 1 beat.
Practice
• Can you make up 4 beats using these notes? Try
to find as many ways as possible to make up 4
beats using these three notes.
• Can you make up six beats using these three
notes?
• Can you make up eight beats using these three
notes?
The Eighth Note
• The next note we will be learning about is the
eighth note. An eighth note is worth half of the
value of a quarter note – ½ of a beat.
• The eighth note always has a flag or a “tail”.
Joined Notes
• It is common to see 2 eighth notes joined
together with a beam to make 1 beat.
Remember – no matter how many eighth notes
are joined together, each one is still worth ½ of a
beat.
Dotted Notes
• Whenever you see a note that has a dot next to
it, it means that you add half of the value of that
note to it.
• For example, here is a dotted half note. Since a
half note is worth 2 beats, how many beats is a
dotted half note worth?
Dotted Half Note
• A half note is worth 2 beats. Half of the value of
that is 1 beats.
• Therefore…
2+1=3
A dotted half note is worth 3 beats.
Dotted Quarter Note
• Can you figure out how many beats a dotted
quarter note would receive? Please write an
equation to determine the number of beats this
note gets.
Dotted Quarter Note
• A quarter note is worth 1 beat. Half of 1 is ½
beat.
• Therefore…
• 1+ ½ = 1½
• A dotted quarter note is worth 1½ beats.