Definition of eighth note in US English:
eighth note
nounˈeɪ(t)θ noʊtˈā(t)TH nōt
North American Music A note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note or half a quarter note, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.
British term quaver
Example sentencesExamples
- Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note.
- Rarely does any one instrumentalist subdivide the rhythm beyond the equivalent of an eighth note of the main pulse.
- Two of the gardens, planted with flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds, are whimsically designed in the shape of a violin and two eighth notes.
- Half-way through the book there is a message that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter.
- Some passages do incorporate sixteenth notes and eighth notes with dotted quarters following.