Okay next we'll discuss our half note. Okay? Our half note unlike the whole note which lasts for the whole duration of the measure, for four beats, the half note sustains for two beats. So it lasts for half the duration of the measure. Okay? So as you see on our illustration, that's our half note, which looks like a whole note with a stick coming out of it, or an empty quarter note, and it lasts for two beats or two counts. It's equal to two quarter notes, two quarter notes can exist within a half note. Okay? Or two half notes make up a whole note. So just to show you how they relate to our measure and our beat system, I want you to count along with me, okay? Now our tempo is dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, okay? Now I want you to count along with me. Remember they sustain like the whole note but just for two, two counts instead of four. Okay?  So here we go.  Dot, dot dot dot dot dot dot dot rest, dot rest.  Okay, do that again.  I know you can't see these little pencil lines that well but those are the beats as well.  Remember there's four notes in our measure so half note get two beats so that's why I have these spaces here to represent the beats that do exist within the measure. Okay, now let's count again.  Now pay attention to our, where our rest hit. Our rest hits here on the one and our half note doesn't begin until the two. Okay? And we have another rest on the fourth beat.  Just remember we don't play on the, on the rest that's silence. Okay? Now let's count again.  Dot, dot, dot, dot dot dot dot, dot, dot. Okay? Now I know it really doesn't sound much right now but when when you start performing or playing music, say if these were chords that we were playing, you would see how it relates to the MIDI sequencing and recording of instruction, okay? Because when you're playing music, say if we're playing the same rhythm the half notes in the measure you know you would be hearing, I'll play it for you just in the note form, it would be dot dot dot dot rest, dot rest. You see? And that's why I'm teaching you rhythm dictation, so you'll know, because when it comes to recording it's all rhythm it's all beats and rhythm even when you're playing chords or stringed instruments it's still rhythm, so you have to be, have knowledge of rhythm and how it applies to your MIDI sequencing software.
