text: what kind of note has a flag? define flag...  what kind of note has a flag?  what value is it?  i cannot find answer..can anyone help me? an eighth note is the note with the flag. in 4:4, 2:4, or 3:4, anything with 4 as the bottom number, it has one-half of a beat (or a count). in any time signature with an 8 on the bottom, an eighth note gets a full count when counting to 8 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8), one half of a count when counting to 4 (one and two and three and four and).