The whole note has the longest note duration in modern music.
(在現代音樂體系中,全音符的時值最長)
The half note has half the duration of a whole note.
(二分音符的發聲時長是全音符的一半)
Two half notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note.
(兩個二分音符的時值加起來和一個全音符的時值長短相等)
The quarter note is a fourth (or a quarter) of a whole note.
(四分音符的發聲時長是全音符的四分之一)
A sixteenth note has two flags, halving the value again.
(一個十六分音符有兩條符尾,將音符的時值再減半)
Two sixteenth notes equal the duration of an eighth note.
(兩個十六分音符的時值加起來和一個八分音符的時值長短相等)