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.
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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.