Eighth-note
41Sixteenth note — Figure 1. A sixteenth note with stem facing up, a sixteenth note with stem facing down, and a sixteenth rest. Figure 2. Four sixteenth …
42Dotted note — In Western musical notation, a dotted note is a note with a small dot written after it. The dot increases the duration of the basic note by half of its original value. If the basic note lasts 2 beats, the corresponding dotted note lasts 3 beats.… …
43Quarter note — A quarter note (American) or crotchet (British) is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Often people will say that a crotchet is one beat, however, this is not always correct, as the beat is indicated by… …
44Thirty-second note — In music, a thirty second note (American or German terminology) or demisemiquaver (British or classical terminology) is a note played for 1/32 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). It lasts half as long as a sixteenth note (or… …
45Sixty-fourth note — In music notation, a sixty fourth note (American) or hemidemisemiquaver (British) is a note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). It lasts half as long as a thirty second note (or demisemiquaver). Sixty fourth notes are… …
46Half note — This article is about the musical note. For the jazz club, see Half Note Club. In music, a half note (American) or minim (European) is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or …
47Double whole note — Various breve notations In music, a double whole note (American or German terminology) or breve (British or classical terminology) is a note lasting twice as long as a whole note (or semibreve). In medieval mensural notation, the brevis (ancestor …
48Dotted quarter note — with upwards stem A dotted crotchet or dotted quarter note is a crotchet/quarter note that has been lengthened by half; that is, it has the length of three quavers/eighth notes. In x/4 time signatures, the dotted quarter note is worth 1½ beats… …
49quarter note — Synonyms and related words: accidental, breve, crotchet, demisemiquaver, dominant, dominant note, double whole note, eighth note, enharmonic, enharmonic note, flat, half note, hemidemisemiquaver, minim, musical note, natural, note, patent note,… …
50musical note — noun a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound the singer held the note too long • Syn: ↑note, ↑tone • Derivationally related forms: ↑tonic (for: ↑tone) …
