Music notation glossary · Note values
Eighth note
half a beat
As a Unicode character — to paste into text, spreadsheets or chat. Whether it appears depends on the font.
In the score
What it means
A filled head with a stem and one flag. When several stand together the flags become a beam — the same value, only set more legibly.
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