This is a sixteenth note.
It lasts for one quarter of a beat.
There are four sixteenth notes in one beat.
There are 16 sixteenth notes in one bar of * time.
Tap your foot on each beat to help you keep time as you sing this example.
Often in songs you will find two sixteenth notes grouped together with an eighth note.
Now try this example which combines sixteenth notes with some of the other note values you have learned. Notice the dotted eighth note and sixteenth note grouping. The dotted eighth note lasts for three quarters of a beat and the sixteenth note makes up the last part of the beat. Once you understand sixteenth notes, you have covered all the common note types and basic rhythms used in song melodies.
Here are some phrases to practice which contain sixteenth notes. As with previous examples, clap the rhythms while counting if you have trouble with them.