No. One eighth note equals one eighth of a whole note. Two eighth notes equal a quarter note, and four quarter notes make one whole note.

An eighth note is worth half a beat.

An eighth note looks like this ♪.

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An eighth note has a solid black note head and a stem with a flag on it (see the example above). If there are two or more eighth notes together, they are usually connected by a single horizontal line (or beam) that goes across from the stem of the first eighth note in the group to stem of the last eighth note in the group.

Half note. four times longer than the eighth note to be exact

An eighth is 0.125