Quarter note
(KWOR-ter note)
A note having the time duration of one fourth of the time duration of a whole note.
See also
[Am.] Quarter note;
[Br.] Crotchet;
[Fr.] Noire;
[Ger.] Viertel;
[Ger.] Viertelnote;
[It.] Semiminima;
[It.] Nera;
[Sp.] Negra.
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