ocr: - . ATUSI - - - - - - - - - THEOR - - : - - Notation Play Whole Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth note note note note note 90f16 3 Summary Now that you know how staff notation works with regard to pitch it's time to learn how to read a note in terms of its duration. Notes can tell you about how high the pitch iS, as well as how long that pitch is to be held. Note heads come in different shapes that tell musicians how long to play them. The diagram shows the most common note heads and the durations they represent. Durations and rhythm will be covered in greater depth in the lesson entitled Rhythm. ...