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Note markings are vertically aligned on the staff to determine their pitch. Rests are placed in the middle of the staff, as they have no pitch content, only rhythm. The different symbols used to indicate notes and rests determine their duration, in terms of beats (dependent on the time signature). Here are the most common notes:
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* '''Whole Note''' [[File:Music-wholenote.svg|x30px]] - appears as an oval, not filled in
* '''Half Note''' [[File:Music-halfnote.svg|x30px]] - same as a whole note with a vertical line ("stem") ascending from the right side or descending from the left
* '''Eighth Note''' [[File:Music-eighthnote.svg|x50px]] - same as a quarter note but with a wavy line ("flag") on the tip of the stem
* '''Sixteenth Note''' [[File:Music-sixteenthnote.svg|x50px]] - same as an eighth note but with two flags
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* '''Whole Rest''' [[File:Music-wholerest.svg|x40px]] - A small rectangle whose top touches a line of the staff
* '''Half Rest''' [[File:Music-halfrest.svg|x40px]] - A small rectangle whose bottom touches a line of the staff
* '''Eighth Rest''' [[File:Music-eighthrest.svg|x30px]] - looks like a "7" but with ball on the top left tip
* '''Sixteenth Rest''' [[File:Music-sixteenthrest.svg|x30px]] - looks like 2 stacked eighth rests
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Notice the flags on the notes shorter than a quarter note. When such notes appear consecutively, bars are used in place of the flags, so the notes are "barred" together for each beat. For example, this helps indicate that 2 eighth or 4 sixteenth notes equal the same duration as a single quarter note. [[File:Music-beam.svg|x50px]]