quarter note
(KWOR-ter note)
[Eng.]
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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