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A musical note that contains three beats is called a dotted half note.

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A dotted half-note receives 3 beats (or counts).

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What receives 4 counts or beats?

A whole note is played for 4 beats.


What does the musical note breve mean?

A breve is a note that lasts for 8 beats/counts.


What note receives 4 beats or counts?

A semi-breve (looks like a big empty oval)


What dotted note has three beats?

A dotted half note has three beats; you hold it for three counts.


How many counts does a eighth note receive?

depends on the tempo (3 over 4, 2 over 4, 4 over 4). Easy answer is in a 4 over 4 tempo, a whole note receives 4 counts (the whole measure), a half note receives 2 counts, a quarter note receives 1 count (or beat) (see the pattern?), and watch this: half of a quarter is an eighth (music) so an eighth note receives half a count. test to you: how many counts does a sixteenth note receive?.


What are 3 musical beats called?

An eighth note, a quarter note, and a half note.


What note is held for three counts?

in 4/4 time, a note held for 3 beats is a dotted minim. the minim is 2 beats and the dot adds half the value of the note, hence 3 beats.


What note recives four counts or beats?

A whole note if we're talking 4/4 time signature


What is the different kinds of notes and rest and their corresponding number of beats?

There are a few different kinds of notes and beats in music. Some of the notes and beats in music are half note- two beats, whole note- four beats, one beat- eight notes, half beat, sixteenth and one fourth beats.


How many beats in a whole note?

The number of counts in a whole note is dependent on the time signature. If the bottom number is 4 (quarter) then the whole note gets 4 counts; if the bottom number is 2 (half) then the whole note get 2 counts; etc.


What is the value of a minim?

A minim is a musical note equal to two crotchet beats.


What is half a dotted?

A dotted half note is a note with three counts. The dot adds the extra count.a note that consists of three beats in a measure.