English Explanatory Dictionary

half note

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A musical note that is two beats long, which is half the length of a semibreve and equal in length to two crotchets; a minim.

Word forms

half note half notes

Etymology

Calque of German halbe Note.

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