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Presuming you're in crotchet time e.g. 4 time
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an eight beat note is called a breve
a four beat note is called a semibreve
a two beat note is called a minim
a one beat note is called a crotchet
a half beat note is called a quaver
a quarter beat is called a semiquaver
an eighth(1/8) beat is called a demisemiquaver
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