Whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes are the most common notes.

1. Whole note

A note refers to a hollow white note without a stem and a tail. Except for the multiple whole note, the duration of the whole note is the largest among all the notes, and it shall prevail. Divided into two halves in turn.

The whole note is the oldest note and the one with the longest duration.

2. Binary notes

A note consisting of a stem and a hollow Fu Tou is called a binary note. Its duration is 1/2 of the whole note. Often used at the end of songs.

3. Quarter note

Quarter note refers to the duration of a note. In staff notation, quarter note is a solid elliptical Fu Tou with a stem without a tail. The duration of a quarter note is a quarter of that of a whole note.

4. Octave notes

Octave notes? It's a note duration. If you divide the whole note into eight parts, you can get an eighth note. The more points you get, the shorter the duration. The duration of the eighth note is 1/8 of the whole note. Because the whole note is four beats, the eighth note is half a beat.

In staff notation, an octave is represented as a solid elliptical Fu Tou with a stem with a flag-like tail.

5. Sixteen notes

Sixteen notes refer to notes with black faces and two tails. It's half smaller than an eighth note. (It is equal to the duration of 1/16th of the whole note) A beat can be divided into four equal parts, each of which is a sixteenth note, and it is twice as fast as an eighth note. In a whole beat, two of the sixteenth notes are on the falling beat and the other two are on the starting beat.