Music note and rest values

quarter note

1 beat note

quarter rest

1 beat of silence

2 eighth notes

1/2 + 1/2 equals 1 beat

eighth rest

1/2 beat of silence

eighth note

1/2 of a beat

sixteenth note

1/4 beat note

sixteenth rest

1/4 beat of silence

half note

2 beat note

half rest

2 beats of silence

dotted half note

3 beat note

whole note

4 beat note

whole rest

4 beats rest or the entire measure

repeat sign

repeat

rests

silence in music

time signature

tells how many beats per measure and what kind of note gets one count