Reading Music Lesson #44: Single Eighth Note
The single eighth note looks like a quarter note with a flag added to the top of the stem. When eighth notes are on their own and not beamed together, this is exactly what they look like.
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The Lonely Single Eighth Note
A single eighth note, or 1 eighth note all by itself, is usually found with 1 flag attached to the top of the stem. That is how you know it is an eighth note and not some other kind of note value.
