In music notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence or absence of flags.

A rest indicates a silence of an equivalent duration.

Note Rest American name British name
longa longa
breve (or double whole note) breve
whole note semibreve
half note minim
quarter note crotchet
eighth note quaver
sixteenth note semiquaver
thirty-second note demisemiquaver
sixty-fourth note hemidemisemiquaver
hundred twenty-eighth note Quasihemidemisemiquaver / Semihemidemisemiquaver

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