A dotted half note has three beats; you hold it for three counts.
for two counts or tap your foot two times an that's a half note
A dotted quarter note. (One beat for the quarter note and half a beat for the dot.)
It is called the Death Note. Or rather, the Sixty-Fourth Note. Or, perhaps you mean the Foot Note?
usually a half noteA half note gets 2 beats if you are in a 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, etc. If you are in an 8 pattern time signature, a quarter note gets two beats.
depends on the tempo (3 over 4, 2 over 4, 4 over 4). Easy answer is in a 4 over 4 tempo, a whole note receives 4 counts (the whole measure), a half note receives 2 counts, a quarter note receives 1 count (or beat) (see the pattern?), and watch this: half of a quarter is an eighth (music) so an eighth note receives half a count. test to you: how many counts does a sixteenth note receive?.
If you mean a half note, half notes get 2 counts in 4/4 or 3/4 time. In 2/2, 4/2, or cut time a half note gets 1 count.
A whole note if we're talking 4/4 time signature
A musical note that contains three beats is called a dotted half note.
1/4 of a count
A whole note is played for 4 beats.
The number of counts in a whole note is dependent on the time signature. If the bottom number is 4 (quarter) then the whole note gets 4 counts; if the bottom number is 2 (half) then the whole note get 2 counts; etc.
In 4/4 Time, there are 4 beats per measure, and the Quarter note (1/4, sometimes called the crotchet) gets one count. So the Half note (1/2, sometimes called the minim) would get twice as many counts (beats), i.e. two counts. A dot adds 1/2 of the beat value to the note, so: 2 + 1/2 of 2 = 3 So the dotted half note would get 3 beats in 4/4 Time.
a whole note equals 4 beats and takes up an entire measure in a 4/4 time signature
A semi-breve (looks like a big empty oval)
two counts
in 4/4 time, a note held for 3 beats is a dotted minim. the minim is 2 beats and the dot adds half the value of the note, hence 3 beats.