crotchet

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Definition

The old name for the quarter note first found in 14th century music and currently used in Great Britain to mean quarter note.

See more about notes and rests in the Appendix.

See Also

[English] quarter note
[French] noire (f)
[German] Viertel (f)
[German] Viertelnote (f)
[Italian] semiminima (f)
[Italian] nera (f)
[Spanish] negra (f)

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