half note

noun Music.

a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.

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Origin of half note

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby half note

half-minute, halfmoon, half mourning, half-naked, half nelson, half note, half of it, half-open, half-open interval, half-p, half pay

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Example sentences from the Web for half note

A half-note with one dot lasts three-quarters, with two dots it lasts seven-eighths.
Piano Playing|Josef Hofmann
But if a man may falter, shall we not forgive to a trombone even a half-note?
From the Easy Chair, vol. 1|George William Curtis
It may safely be said however that the sign always indicates that a half-note has a beat.
Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens
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 Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann

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 Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann

British Dictionary definitions for half note

half-note

noun

US and Canadian a note having the time value of half a semibreveAlso called: minim

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