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How to Read Piano Music

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Play a Simple Piano Melody
C major piano song. Image © Brandy Kraemer

Reading Note Lengths

Take a look at the next measure of the same passage. The very last note is a quarter note, and will be held for twice as long as the rest of the notes in the passage (which are eighth notes). A quarter note is equal to one beat in 4/4 time.

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