How many beats does a sixteenth (A sixteenth note is a filled oval with a stem extending up from its right side. The stem has two flags at the top. The tips of the flags converge.) note receive?

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one half
one half
one quarter
one quarter
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A sixteenth note receives one quarter of a beat.

In the context of a measure in common time (4/4), it would take four sixteenth notes to make one whole beat. Thus, each sixteenth note gets one quarter of a beat.