Note Values and Counting

 

Whole note=         w      Half note=   h       Quarter note =       q      

Eighth note=          e    E            Sixteenth note=      px   

Two Eighth notes=                   iiq           Two Sixteenth notes=      jq

 

There are 2 half notes in a whole note.          

There are 4 quarter notes in a whole note.     

There are 8 eighth notes in a whole note.

There are 16 sixteenth notes in a whole note.

There are 2 quarter notes in a half note.

There are 4 eighth notes in a half note.

There are 8 sixteenth notes in a half note.

There are 2 eighth notes in a quarter note.

There are 4 sixteenth notes in a quarter note.

There are 2 sixteenth notes in an eighth note.