note values
note VAL-yooz
[ English ]
Definition
The note value is the duration of a note, or the relationship of the duration of the note to the measure. The duration of a note is as follows in common time or 4/4 time:
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Note Values
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British Term
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American Term
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| Note having a duration of one full measure. | Semibreve | Whole note |
| Note having a duration of one half of a full measure. | Minim | Half note |
| Note having a duration of a quarter of a full measure. | Crotchet | Quarter note |
| Note having a duration of one eighth of a full measure. | Quaver | Eighth note |
| Note having a duration of one sixteenth of a full measure. | Semiquaver | Sixteenth note |
| Note having a duration of one thirty-second of a full measure. | Demisemiquaver | Thirty-second note |
The half note (minim) is half the duration of the whole note (semibreve), the quarter note (crotchet) is half the duration of the half note (minim), etc.
See the table of notes and rests in the Appendix.
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Last Updated: 2016-06-05 23:35:09