Types of notes

If you observe closely you'll be able to see that the "dots" and "lines "occur in different forms. In some places, there are simply just "dots" and no stems, in some places the "dots" are hollow while in other places the dots are filled. In this article we'll be covering the different types of notes that you might come across while reading sheet music and what they really mean.
In the beginner level you are concerned with simply 4 types of notes, namely - Semibreve (whole), minims(half), crotchets(quarter) and quavers (eighth notes).
Each of these notes lasts for a certain amount of time based on the bpm of music you're reading (you'll be learning what bpm or "beats per minute" is and how we represent it in the intermediate level).
To understand the concept of notes better, we suggest you to open a metronome (it is a device that produces click sounds at equal intervals) and then listen to the clicks carefully. Every click you hear, let's consider them as one quaver note. Two clicks constitute a Crotchet Note, 4 beats constitute a minim note and finally, 8 beats would constitute a semibreve note.
here's a metronome you can easily access: