Most of the time it has four, but technically the whole note is as long as the entire (whole) measure. Since 4/4 is the most common time signature the whole note usually equals 4 beats but in say, 6/4, the whole note equals 6 beats.
well it is kind of complicated but it is called a sixteenth note
A quaver with one tail is an eighth beat, that is, an eighth of a whole note (semibreve), or half a standard beat (crotchet).A quaver with two tails is not a quaver at all, but a semiquaver, and is a sixteenth of a whole note.== ==
A dotted half note will always get three beats because a dote adds half the value of the note to the note. So a half note = 2 beats, 1/2 of 2 = 1, so 2+1=3. If you are in 4/4, it equals three beats. If you are in3/4, it equals three. 2/4 and 2/2 cannot have a dotted half note because the value is too big. In 6/8, the value changes because the eighth note gets the beat instead of the quarter note. So then the dotted half note would get 6 beats, instead f three because everything is basically doubled. Hope that helps!!
In music, duration is the length of a note. So in common time (4/4) a whole note's duration is 4 beats, dotted half note is 3 beats, a half note has 2 beats and a quarter note has a duration of 1 beat.
A dotted half note has three beats; you hold it for three counts.
A dotted note is 50% longer than the un-dotted note. A whole note is normally four beats. Hence, a dotted whole note would be six beats.
1) its actually, how many BEATS in and 8th and whole note. 2) there are 4 beats in a whole note 3) there is 1/2 a beat in an eighth note
A whole note tied to a half note tied to a quarter note gets seven beats.
It depends on the time signature. If the time signature is x/4, the the whole note gets 4 beats. It also depends on where the dot is. If the dot is above the whole note, it gets two beats; if it is to the right of the whole note it gets six beats.
whole note = 4 beats per measure dotted whole note = 6 beats. = two dotted half notes dotted half notes is 3 beats.
In 3/2, a whole note gets two beats.
A whole note still has four beats, even in 5/4 time. For a whole note to last five beats, it would have to be dotted.
Commonly, There Are Four, Depending On The Length And Dynamics Of The Notes.
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Depending on the meter of the phrase, a whole note contains how the number of beats equal to the bottom number in the time signature.
4 beats
1 dotted half note = 3 beats 1 dotted whole note = 6 beats so 6/3 = 2 2 dotted whole notes equals a dotted half note