Beamed

Beam notes value

Beam notes value
  1. How many beats are in a beam note?
  2. How do you count beamed notes?
  3. How much is each note worth?
  4. How much is a beamed note worth?

How many beats are in a beam note?

Notes on the first beat can be beamed with the second beat, notes on the second beat beamed with notes on the third beat, and notes on all three beats can be beamed.

How do you count beamed notes?

These rules generally stay the same for all simple and compound time signatures:

  1. Do not beam across a bar line. All beaming takes place within the measure! ...
  2. Do not beam across the center of a measure. ...
  3. Sixteenth Notes are grouped by beat. ...
  4. Thirty-Second Notes are grouped by beat.

How much is each note worth?

List

American nameBritish nameRelative value
whole notesemibreve1
half noteminim12
quarter notecrotchet14
eighth notequaver18

How much is a beamed note worth?

The first four notes in bar 1 are all beamed together, making a group worth a half note. In bar 2, there is one unbeamed eighth note.

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