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An eighth note (if the measure is in 4/4 time), because each measure gets 4 beats, therefore 1 beat is a quarter measure ergo, a quarter note. Half of a quarter is an eighth, therefore a half beat is an eighth note.

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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?


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An eighth note gets half a beat


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How much notes makes a half beat sound?

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What musical note that has 2 beats?

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What is the Note that gets two beats?

Two beats out of four. Hence the name half note! :P


How many beats does an eighth note get in two fourths time?

In 2/4 time, an eight note gets half a beat. (A quarter note gets one.)


What music note gets 1 and a half beats?

A dotted quarter note. (One beat for the quarter note and half a beat for the dot.)


What beats get half note?

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What does an eighth note plus an eighth note equal?

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What has a dotted note that has three beats?

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What does the time signature 3 4 mean?

It means that there are two beats in a measure, and a quarter note gets a beat.