quarter note

quarter note

n. Music A note having one-fourth the time value of a whole note. Also called crotchet.

quarter note

n (Music, other) music US and Canadian a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve. Also called: crotchet

quar′ter note`

n. a musical note equal in time value to one quarter of a whole note. [1755–65]

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quarter note - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole notecrotchetmusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

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