half note

noun Music.

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

Words nearby half note

half leather, half measure, half moon, half mourning, half nelson, half note, half of it, half pay, half pint, half relief, half rest

Origin of half note

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Examples 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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