RHYTHMIC DURATIONS

The staff marked Quarter notes has eight quarter notes, each with a filled-in notehead and a stem. The staff marked with Half notes has four half notes, each with an open notehead and a stem. Brackets connect pairs of quarter notes above, with arrows pointing down to single half notes below, depicting the duration equivalence. The staff marked Whole notes has two whole notes, each with an open notehead and no stem. Brackets connect pairs of half notes above, with arrows pointing down to single whole notes below, showing the duration equivalence. Text reads, Quarter notes have a filled-in notehead and a stem. Half notes have an open notehead and a stem. They have the duration of two quarter notes. Whole notes have an open notehead and no stem. They have the duration of two half notes or four quarter notes.

The staff has eight notes. The notes 1 to 4 are labeled under good and notes 5 to 8 are labeled under poor. Note 1 is a quarter note on the bottom line with a stem on the right pointing up. A box marked Good reads, Stems up on the right side of the notehead. Note 2 is a half note on the second line from the bottom with a stem on the right pointing up. Note 3 is a quarter note on the top space inside the staff with a stem on the left pointing down, and note 4 is a half note on the middle line with a stem on the left pointing down. A box marked Good reads, Stems down on the left side of the notehead. Another box marked Good reads, Stems one octave long. The notes 5 to 8 are in shaded regions. Note 5 is a quarter note on the second line from the bottom with a stem on the left pointing down. Note 6 is a quarter note on the second line from the top with a stem on the right pointing up. A box marked Poor reads, Stems pointing the wrong direction. Note 7 is a half note on the second line from the top with a stem on the left pointing down but extending more than an octave, and note 8 is a half note on the second line from the bottom with a stem on the right pointing up but extending less than an octave. A box marked Poor reads, Stems too long or too short.

The first staff has two quarter notes. A box reads, Quarter notes. The second staff has four eighth notes, where the first two notes have flags and a box reads, Eighth notes with flags, and the second two notes are beamed together with a box reading, Eighth notes with beam. Another box reads, Two eighth notes per quarter note. The third staff has eight sixteenth notes, where the first four notes have flags. A box reads, Sixteenth notes with flags. The second four notes are beamed together with a box reading, Sixteenth notes with beams. Another box reads, Two sixteenth notes per eighth note; four sixteenth notes per quarter note.

The diagram has two staves, one with notes and one with corresponding rests. The durations presented are whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, dotted sixteenth, and sixteenth. Whole note rests hang below the fourth line, and half note rests sit above the third line. A box points to several rests and reads, Rests may be dotted. Whole note rest is a solid, filled rectangle that hangs below the fourth line of the staff. A dotted half note rest is a solid, filled rectangle that sits above the third line of the staff, with a single dot placed to its right. Half note rest is a solid, filled rectangle that sits above the third line of the staff. Dotted quarter note rest is a small, jagged, wavy line followed by a backward c shape, with a single dot placed to its right. Quarter note rest is a small, jagged, wavy line followed by a backward c shape. Dotted eighth note rest is a short diagonal slash with a small oval at the end, with a single dot placed to its right. Eighth note rest is a short diagonal slash with a small oval at the end. Dotted sixteenth note rest is a short diagonal slash with two small ovals at the end, with a single dot placed to its right. Sixteenth note rest is a short diagonal slash with two small ovals at the end.