To find the total duration of the rhythmic values given, we can convert each note to its equivalent duration in terms of a quarter note:
- Quarter note = 1 beat
- Sixteenth note = 0.25 beats (2 sixteenth notes = 1 eighth note)
- Eighth note = 0.5 beats
Now, let's calculate the total duration step by step:
- Quarter note = 1 beat
- Sixteenth note + sixteenth note = 0.25 + 0.25 = 0.5 beats (which is equivalent to 1 eighth note)
- Another quarter note = 1 beat
- Eighth note = 0.5 beats
- Another quarter note = 1 beat
Now, adding them all together, we get:
- Quarter note: 1 beat
- Two sixteenth notes: 0.5 beats (1 eighth note)
- Quarter note: 1 beat
- Eighth note: 0.5 beats
- Quarter note: 1 beat
Total = 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 = 4 beats
Now, let's look at the options:
- Half note = 2 beats
- Dotted half note = 3 beats
- Whole note = 4 beats (equivalent to our total)
- Eighth note = 0.5 beats
The total duration of the rhythmic values given is equivalent to a whole note.