Editing Musical note (section)

== Distinguishing duration ==
{{Main article|Note value}}
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A note can have a [[note value]] that indicates the note's [[Duration (music)|duration]] relative to the [[musical meter]]. In order of halving duration, these values are:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!"American" name
!"British" name
|-
|{{music|breve}}
|[[double note]]
|breve
|-
|{{music|semibreve}}
|[[whole note]]
|semibreve
|-
|{{music|minim}}
|[[half note]]
|minim
|-
|{{music|crotchet}}
|[[quarter note]]
|crotchet
|-
|{{music|quaver}}
|[[eighth note]]
|quaver
|-
|{{music|semiquaver}}
|[[sixteenth note]]
|semiquaver
|-
|{{music|demisemiquaver}}
|[[thirty-second note]]
|demisemiquaver
|-
|{{music|hemidemisemiquaver}}
|[[sixty-fourth note]]
|hemidemisemiquaver
|-
|𝅘𝅥𝅲
|[[hundred twenty-eighth note]]
|semihemidemisemiquaver, quasihemidemisemiquaver
|-
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Longer note values (e.g. the [[longa (music)|longa]]) and shorter note values (e.g. the [[two hundred fifty-sixth note]]) do exist, but are very rare in modern times. These durations can further be [[Divisive rhythm|subdivided]] using [[tuplets]].

A [[rhythm]] is formed from a sequence in [[time]] of consecutive notes (without particular focus on pitch) and [[Rest (music)|rests]] (the time between notes) of various durations.