Divide whole note to half note.
Divide half note to quarter note.

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When there's eighth notes, read whole, half and quarter longer.

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When there's sixteenth notes, read whole, half, quarter and eighth even longer.

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When reading a new score, first find the longest note and the shortest note to decide how to read it.

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Combination of pitch and note value

Now, you can read the score like this. notevalue5

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