| A | B |
|---|
| Quarter note | One beat o fmusic |
| Quarter rest | one beat of silence |
| half note | two beats of music |
| half rest | two beats of silence |
| dotted half note | three beats of music |
| whole note | four beats of music |
| whole rest | four beats of silence |
| eighth note | one -half a beat of music |
| eighth rest | one-half a beat of silence |
| two eighth notes | one beat of music with two sounds |
| sixteenth notes | one-quarter beat of music |
| sixteenth rest | one-quarter beat of silence |
| four sixteenth notes | one beat of music with four sounds |
| one eighth note and two sixteenths | one beat of music with three sounds longer on the down beat |
| two sixteenth notes and one eighth note | one beat of music with three sounds longer on the up beat |
| eighth note quarter note eighth note | syncopation |
| dotted quarter note | one and one half beats of music |
| dotted whole note | six beats of music |
