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There is one 1/4 of a beat in a sixteenth note, if a quarter note gets one beat. This is not true for all signatures.

The value of the beats doubles or halves.

Whole note = 4 beats (half of 4 is 2)

half note = 2 beats (half of 2 is 1)

quarter note = 1 beat ( half of 1 is 1/2)

8th note = 1/2 beat ( half of 1/2 is 1/4)

16th note = 1/4 beat ( half of 1/4 is 1/8)

32nd note = 1/8

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In 4/4 time, (granted that each quarter note gets 1 beat), sixteenth notes get 1/4 of a beat.

In 4/4 2/4, 3/4, 5/4, or "anything"/4 time, a sixteenth note gets 1/4th of a beat.

In 6/8 or "anything"/8 it gets half of a beat.

Get this; in 4/2 time it gets 1/8th a beat. From this point you should be able to do the math.

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4y ago
whats the answer

notes arent beats. notes are sounds that go on top of or in between beats. for example: if you got a piece of music written in 4/4 time, that would be 4 beats to that measure. then you place whatever kinda notes you want inside that measure. first beat use a quarter note, second beat you can use twoh notes 3rd beat you can use 4 16 notes and the 4th beat you can use 8 32nd notes. you can mix and match. hope that makes sense

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That depends on the time signature and the tempo, among other things. The most common time signature is 4/4, meaning there are 4 beats in each "bar" of written music and a quarter note gets 1 beat. An eighth note gets half a beat and a sixteenth note gets 1/4 beat. But different time signatures can make it longer or shorter. Then there's the tempo of the song, such as adagio (very slowly), andante (moderate), allegro (quickly), or presto (extremely fast). A song might be marked to have one type of tempo throughout, but very often the tempo is changed during the piece to suit the mood the composer wishes to convey.

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A sixteenth note has two flags or beams: Sixteenth notes are one fourth of a beat in 4/4 time. This means that there are four sixteenth notes in a quarter note and two sixteenths in an eighth note. Subdividing with Sixteenth Notes

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dont know sorry i hate when people do this on this site

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Anonymous

4y ago
oof...

It has ONE QUARTER ( 1/4) of ONE BEAT (or QUARTER NOTE),hence the

name ( 1/16).

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its

1/4

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pooop

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17 beats

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