Note duration

1. What is the duration of a note?
2. How do you find the duration of a note?
3. What is the duration of notes and rest?
4. What is the duration of eighth note?

What is the duration of a note?

"Duration is the length of time a pitch, or tone, is sounded." A note may last less than a second, while a symphony may last more than an hour. One of the fundamental features of rhythm, or encompassing rhythm, duration is also central to meter and musical form.

How do you find the duration of a note?

To find out the pitch of a written note, you look at the clef and the key signature, then see what line or space the note is on. The higher a note sits on the staff, the higher it sounds. To find out the duration of the written note, you look at the tempo and the time signature and then see what the note looks like.

What is the duration of notes and rest?

Notes and rests have fractional durations. A Half-note is half as long as a Whole-note, a Quarter-note is a quarter as long as a Whole-note and is also half as long as a Half-note, and so forth.

What is the duration of eighth note?

One eighth note is worth half a beat, so two eighth notes equals one beat and make up one quarter note.