2. Note – composed of three parts, namely the stem , the hook
(also called flag or tail), and the head.
Musical Note Defined as a symbol that designates the duration and
pitch of a sound.
Notes tell you what sounds to sing or play and how long
these must be sung or played.
Musical Rest designates the duration of a silence or the absence of
sound.
Rest tell you when to breathe or stop playing to make the
musical piece pleasing to the ear.
3. Hook or flag or tail
Stem
Shaded
head
Unshaded
head
4. Stem can be
up or down
Two eight notes
beam together
Two sixteenth
notes beamed
together
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9. Dotted note - is worth the full value of the original
note plus another half of its value.
- The half note receives two beats but when a dot is
added to it, the dot receives one-half of the value of the
half note, which is one beat.
Note Reading - is essential in learning a song.
Whole note and whole rest
- are given the same value, which is
four beats.
