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MINIM |
Half note |
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DEMIQUAVER |
A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. |
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DEMICADENCE |
An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant
instead of on the key note. |
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SEMIQUAVER |
A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now
usually called a sixsteenth note. |
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FLAT |
A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a
half step or semitone lower. |
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LONG |
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a
large, twice that of a breve. |
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DEMISEMIQUAVER |
A short note, equal in time to the half of a
semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note. |
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ADDITION |
A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that
its sound is to be lengthened one half. |
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SHARP |
The character [/] used to indicate that the note before
which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch. |
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SEMIBREVE |
A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now
usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use. |
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CROTCHET |
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of
a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a
quarter note. |
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POINT |
A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its
value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal
to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |