| A "semiquaver" can be found as a written musical | | | | can check that we have the correct value of the |
| note in sheet music. This musical note is used in all | | | | semiquaver. |
| types of sheet music for all musical instruments. | | | | Divide the semibreve (four) by the sixteenth note |
| The semiquaver looks like a black-coloured oval | | | | (sixteen) to get the sixteenth note value |
| shape with a stem on the right or left side | | | | (quarter). 4/16 = 1/4 |
| depending on where on the musical staff it is | | | | As stated above, all musical notes use the |
| written. At the end of the stem, there are two | | | | semibreve as a reference note. A semibreve is |
| tails. These tails can be written in various ways. | | | | also known as a whole note. Using simple fractions |
| They can be curly, and they can be straight and | | | | you can work out what different types of notes |
| shorter, almost like a couple of ticks. If more than | | | | are worth. We have already explained sixteenth |
| one semiquaver is written so they appear next to | | | | notes, using the above formula you can work out |
| each other then instead of having tails they are | | | | note values for eighth notes, quarter notes and |
| joined together by a lines called beams. | | | | half notes. |
| When the semiquaver is written above the middle | | | | Also related to the semiquaver is the semiquaver |
| line on the staff, the stem is written on the left | | | | rest or sixteenth rest. This is a musical silence |
| side and the tails are written on the right side of | | | | worth a quarter of a beat. |
| the stem always curving back to the black | | | | Another relation to the semiquaver is the dotted |
| coloured oval. When written below the middle line, | | | | semiquaver or dotted sixteenth note, which is |
| the stem is written on the right side and the tails | | | | worth three eighths of a beat. A dot written on |
| will again be written on the right side. | | | | the right side of any musical note increases that |
| The semiquaver is also known as a sixteenth | | | | notes value by half as much again. So for the |
| note and its time value is a quarter of a beat. The | | | | semiquaver, half of a quarter equals an eighth, |
| semiquaver or sixteenth note like all other musical | | | | add the eighth to the semiquavers value of a |
| notes should be referenced to the semibreve, | | | | quarter to get three eighths of a beat. |
| which is worth four beats. Using simple maths, we | | | | |