half note
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noun Music.
a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
Origin of half note
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Historical Examples of half-note
But if a man may falter, shall we not forgive to a trombone even a half-note?
From the Easy Chair, vol. 1George William Curtis
It may safely be said however that the sign always indicates that a half-note has a beat.
Music Notation and TerminologyKarl W. Gehrkens
The suspension, instead of being sustained as a half-note, may be repeated on the second quarter, as at c.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsFriedrich J. Lehmann
For the present the suspension should not be less than a half-note or its rhythmic equivalent in the ornamental resolution.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsFriedrich J. Lehmann
A half-note with one dot lasts three-quarters, with two dots it lasts seven-eighths.
Piano PlayingJosef Hofmann
half-note
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