What’s on the Note Values poster
A 6-row table: Note · Beats in 4/4 · British name.
Each note is worth half the one above it. American names on the left, British on the right.
- Whole — 4 — Semibreve
- Half — 2 — Minim
- Quarter — 1 — Crotchet
- Eighth — 1/2 — Quaver
- Sixteenth — 1/4 — Semiquaver
- Thirty-second — 1/8 — Demisemiquaver
A dot after a note adds half its value again: a dotted half is 3 beats, not 2.
Questions about the Note Values poster
- What’s on the Note Values poster?
- A 6-row table: Note · Beats in 4/4 · British name. Each note is worth half the one above it. American names on the left, British on the right. Whole — 4 — Semibreve; Half — 2 — Minim; Quarter — 1 — Crotchet; Eighth — 1/2 — Quaver; Sixteenth — 1/4 — Semiquaver; Thirty-second — 1/8 — Demisemiquaver. A dot after a note adds half its value again: a dotted half is 3 beats, not 2.
- Who is the Note Values poster for?
- Note Values belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning notation can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Note Values poster?
- Point at the note in the music, then find the same shape here and count. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Note Values belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Note Values?
- Accidentals, Articulation and Dynamics & Tempo sit alongside Note Values in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AccidentalsArticulationDynamics & Tempo
- Is the Note Values poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Note Values downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Note Values poster print at?
- Note Values is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Note Values loses nothing.Printing guide
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