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What is the difference between a quarter note and an eighth note? How are the notes sung/counted differently

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Quarter note has a filled note head. Single eighth notes can be connected into pairs by a beam.
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When a quarter note is assigned the time value of 1, an eighth note will receive a time value of one-half. When two eighth notes are grouped together it is easy to divide the "1" in half and think "one and"in rhythm for the two notes

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