The Basics of Reading Music notations

4/4 (most common music forms: rock, pop, etc.), 6/8 (rock ballad), 2/4 (country/polka) and 3/4 (waltz). For simplicity we will concentrate on the 4/4 time signature for now. In 4/4 time a whole note would be held for the entire duration of one bar and written as follows: ................
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