The whole note has the longest note duration in modern music.
(在现代音乐体系中,全音符的时值最长)
The half note has half the duration of a whole note.
(二分音符的发声时长是全音符的一半)
Two half notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note.
(两个二分音符的时值加起来和一个全音符的时值长短相等)
The quarter note is a fourth (or a quarter) of a whole note.
(四分音符的发声时长是全音符的四分之一)
A sixteenth note has two flags, halving the value again.
(一个十六分音符有两条符尾,将音符的时值再减半)
Two sixteenth notes equal the duration of an eighth note.
(两个十六分音符的时值加起来和一个八分音符的时值长短相等)