In the previous post, I wrote a post titled "Music Math: Time Signature and Note Values". So afterwards, I felt like writing a follow-up post with a table that will aid in easily assigning counts to most popular songs with time signatures.
Most songs today, especially the ones in hymns are either assigning one count to the crochet (quarter note) or the quaver (eighth note). What I mean is this, the commonly used time signatures used in most songs today are 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, (which makes the crochet the one count note) as well as 6/8 (which makes the quaver the one count note).
Remember it's the number at the bottom of the time signature (denominator) that determines the count of each notes. That's why the crochet is the one count note in the N/4's while the quaver is the one count note in the N/8's.
So below is a table with the names of the commonly used notes forms in music, their values and their calculated counts.
Note: In the table below, the first column gives each notes name, the second column gives their values while the third and fourth (last) columns gives the calculated count (beats) in a N/4 and N/8 time signatures respectively.
Remember it's the number at the bottom of the time signature (denominator) that determines the count of each notes. That's why the crochet is the one count note in the N/4's while the quaver is the one count note in the N/8's.
So below is a table with the names of the commonly used notes forms in music, their values and their calculated counts.
Note: In the table below, the first column gives each notes name, the second column gives their values while the third and fourth (last) columns gives the calculated count (beats) in a N/4 and N/8 time signatures respectively.
Beats Of Notes Table
| Notes (Name) | Value | N/4 (Calc. Count) | N/8 (Calc. Count) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semibreve | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Minim | 1/2 | 2 | 4 |
| Crotchet | 1/4 | 1 | 2 |
| Quaver | 1/8 | 1/2 | 1 |
| Semiquaver | 1/16 | 1/4 | 1/2 |
| Demisemiquaver | 1/32 | 1/8 | 1/4 |
| Hemidemisemiquaver | 1/64 | 1/16 | 1/8 |
So when next you sing a song with any of the aforementioned time signatures, you can simply apply this table to know the counts (beats) of each notes used in the song.
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