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At simple time signatures, a quarter note takes one beat. In compound time signatures, a dotted quarter note is equal to one beat. In cut time or alla breve time, a single beat is a half note.

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In 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time the quarter note recieves one beat.

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a quarter note receives one beat

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What is A quarter note equals?

Two eighth notesOne quarter note is one beat


What does a two eighth note look like?

A eighth note looks like a quarter note with a flag on it, to double it you would put a dot beside it.


Is a 1 beat note called the same as a 2 beat note?

No. A one beat note is called a crotchet and a two beat note is called a minim.


What does a quarter note equal to?

I believe the quarter note equals 42, but I'm not really sure.


What are the differences between the time signatures?

The top number tells you how many beats are in the measure, the bottom number tells you what kind of note gets equals one beat. 4/4 means there are four beats in the measure and the 1/4 note equals one beat. a 12/8 signature means there are 12 beats in the measure and the 1/8th note gets the beat. THere are a good variety of time signatures, but they pretty much follow this rule.


What is one quarter note equal to?

It has one beat.


What note is worth 1 beat?

A quaver is worth half the beat of one beat of a bar.


Simple and how to use time signature?

Top number means how many beats in a measure and the bottom number means what note gets the beat. in 6/8 time there are 6 beats in a measure and the eighth note equals one beat.


Does a sixteenth note get a one half of a beat?

Yes and no. Commonly, a quarter note gets one beat, an eighth note gets half, and a sixteenth note gets one fourth of a beat (4-4 time). Occasionally, a song will be in 4-8 or 2-8 time, then the quarter note gets two beats, the eighth note gets one, and the sixteenth note gets half a beat. That help?


What note receive one beat?

The Quarter Note


2 beats equals what note?

A minim. A 1 beat note is a crotchet, and a half-beat note is a quaver :)


What dotted music note equals three fourths of a count?

It depends on what the count is. If it's 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4, where the quarter note is one beat, then three fourths of a quarter note is a dotted eighth note.If it's 2/2 time, for example, then a beat is a half note, then three fourths of that is a dotted quarter note.