an eighth note or a quavier is worth 1/2 a beat in the bar so the decimal is 0.5
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how many rhythms can a dotted quarter note , quarter note and Pair of eighth notes
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It depends what the time signature is; if the time signature is 4/4 then a note worth half a beat would be an eighth-note. If the time signature is in say 6/8, then half a beat would be a sixteenth-note. Usually music is in quarter beats, so most probably an eighth-note for you.
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.== ==
When the quarter note (pulse) is divided evenly in two parts, each half is a straight eighth note. The term "straight eights" is used in opposition to "swung eighths" used in swing jazz. "Straight eighths" really means "eighth notes" period.