Each music figure corresponds a rest (time of silence) of an equal temporal value.
In the following table you find a list of music figures with their relative rests and indications of values.
NAME | FIGURE | REST | VALUE |
Breve | 2 Two wholes | ||
Whole | 1 A whole | ||
Half note | 1/2 A half | ||
Quarter note | 1/4 A fourth | ||
Eight note | 1/8 An eighth | ||
Sixteenth note | 1/16 A sixteenth | ||
Thirty-second note | 1/32 A thirty-second | ||
Sixty-fourth note | 1/64 A sixty-fourth | ||
Hundred twenty-eight note | 1/128 A hundred-and-twenty-eighth |
The rest of one eighth can be confused with the one of one fourth present in some ancient editions.
There exist some graphic signs allowing to augment the duration of music figures. They are:
- tie,
- dot,
- coronated dot.