A whole note is called that way because it is played and held for a whole measure. It can be divided into halves (2 pieces), quarters (4 pieces) or eighths (8 pieces). Here’s a great video about this note (Learn how to count): Keep practicing this until you clearly understand and have a feel for this type of note. Remember to hold down the note for four clicks. Play this: note, click, click, click, note, click, click, click, note, click, click, click and so on. Each time you restart on 1, a new measure starts and you should play the note again on that beat.
If you don’t have a physical one, you can search the Internet for an online metronome. Here’s a large printable whole note symbol.ĭo you have access to a metronome? It’s a great tool for understanding the proper way to play a whole note (semibreve). You can count “one and two and three and four and”. For instance a half not is played for half the duration of the whole, a quarter note for a quarter of the duration and an eighth note for a eighth of the duration.ĬOUNT: “1 – 2 – 3 – 4” while holding the note down on your piano or keyboard.
Most other notes are fractions of the semibreve. As I always say to students, it looks like a hole. It is represented by a hollow oval note head. Highly Recommended: Click here for one of the BEST piano/keyboard courses I’ve seen online. It’s equivalent in value to four quarter notes. A whole note, also called a semibreve (British) is the note with the longest time value in modern music. Its length is equal to four beats and takes up an entire bar in 4/4 time.
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