The solo is a martial tattoo of three fast notes followed by a half note and is marked to be played in strict rhythm.
"I'll be seeing you," he added with a half note of questioning, though his smile was inviting.
In this notation, notes that are unfilled are played unmuted rather than representing a half note.
This pattern then scales down again, to one quarter note and a half note.
The last bar has two quarter notes and a half note.
No wonder Merelan was having difficulty with the beat when she couldn't even see the dot after the half note.
This section consists of a consistent half note and quarter note pattern from bar to bar.
There's no rest after that other half note; let's do that again.
Minim (music), a note length, another name for a half note (which usually gets two beats)
But the oboist's are measure-filling dotted half notes, tied together, demanding an almost constant expenditure of breath.