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Notes (Values, Ties, Dots, Duplets) Learn
Page: Note values and their rests
You need to know the note values of breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver (32nd note) and their equivalent rests.
Do you already know this. Do you know, for example, how many demisemiquavers there are in a breve? ..............................
Use the table above to work out how many semiquavers are in a minim:
Is it:
Is it:
a.
4
b.
8
c.
2
d.
32
e.
16
Here are some examples of notes in bars on the stave.
This example includes some rests
You also need to know this sign for multiple bars of rests. This example shows a rest lasting 4 bars but it can be any number greater than 1. It is used a lot when there are lots of different instruments playing, for example, in an orchestra and some instruments may have long periods when they are not playing.
Some countries use different terminology. A minim is a half note, a crotchet is a quarter note, a quaver is an eighth note, a semiquaver is a sixteenth note, and a demisemiquaver is a thirty-second note.
Here is a YouTube video by an American piano teacher about how to play demisemiquavers on the piano.