2 in common time
there is a half beat in a minim
A whole note is worth 4 beats, a half note is worth 2 beats, a quarter note is worth 1 beat, an eighth note is worth 1/2 a beat, a sixteenth note is worth 1/4 of a beat, a dotted half note is worth 3 beats, and a dotted quarter note is worth 1 and a 1/2 beats.
A half note.
Half note
It extends the note for exactly half its value. For example, a dotted half note is worth three beats. Half of a half note is one beat, add that on to the two beats a half note is already worth, and there you have it. Three beats. So, basically we have a half note: 2 We place a dot after it, this dot being worth half its value: 1 It becomes: 3 Half of a half note is not necessarily one beat. These dots have nothing whatsoever to do with beats. If you have a note with a dot after it, the length of that note is extended by 1/2 of that note's length. A second dot means it is extended a further 1/4. Completely irrespective of how many beats there are in a bar.
A minim worth two beats. The dot to a note worth half of the note value. Hence the dotted minim has three beats.
A minim worth two beats. The dot to a note worth half of the note value. Hence the dotted minim has three beats.
Assuming they are crotchet beats, the note worth three crotchet beats would be a dotted minim.
In musical notation, a semibreve (whole note) is worth 4 beats, a minim (half note) is worth 2 beats, a crotchet (quarter note) is worth 1 beat, and a quaver (eighth note) is worth half a beat. Therefore, the shortest in value is the quaver, which is worth 0.5 beats.
3 beats
3 beats
A half note receives two beats in music notation.