quarter note

noun

, Music.

1. a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.

quarter note

noun

1. music a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve Also calledcrotchet

Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter note¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

The suspension may now be a quarter-note, or its rhythmic equivalent.

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It should be used only on the second half of a weak beat, and be preceded by a dotted quarter-note.

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Quarter note rests should be written exactly in the middle of the stave.

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In rapid tempi this is always taken as compound duple measure, a dotted quarter note having a beat.

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The first image is from the original 1720 book, showing old-style crotchet (quarter note) rests.

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