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PRONUNCIATION OF EIGHTH NOTE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EIGHTH NOTE

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Eighth note is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EIGHTH NOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eighth note

An eighth note or a quaver is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of whole note, hence the name. Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag note flag. A related symbol is the eighth rest, which denotes a silence for the same duration. In unicode, the symbols U+266A and U+266B are an eighth note and beamed pair of eighth notes respectively. The former is inherited from the early 1980s code page 437, where it has code 13. As with all notes with stems, the general rule is that eighth notes are drawn with stems to the right of the notehead, facing up, when they are below the middle line of the musical staff. When they are on or above the middle line, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down. Alternatively, stems are used to indicate voicing or parts; all stems for the upper voice's notes are drawn facing up, regardless of their position on the staff. Similarly, stems for the next lower part's notes are down facing down. This makes the voices/parts clear to the player and singer. Flags are always on the right side of the stem, and curve to the right.

Definition of eighth note in the English dictionary

The definition of eighth note in the dictionary is a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve Also called : quaver.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EIGHTH NOTE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE EIGHTH NOTE

advice note
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consignment note
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credit note
currency note
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gold note
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whole note

Synonyms and antonyms of eighth note in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «eighth note» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EIGHTH NOTE

Find out the translation of eighth note to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eighth note from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eighth note» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

八分音符
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corchea
570 millions of speakers

English

eighth note
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आठवें नोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملاحظة الثامنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восьмая нота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colcheia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অষ্টম নোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

croche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Catatan kelapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Achtelnote
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

8分音符
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

8 분 음표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wolung cathetan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưu ý thứ tám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எட்டாவது குறிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आठव्या टप्प्यात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sekizinci not
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

croma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ósemka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

восьма нота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

opta notă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ογδόου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agtste noot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åttondel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

åttendedelsnote
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eighth note

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EIGHTH NOTE»

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Eighth-Note Rock and Beyond
Eighth-Note Rock and Beyond was designed to teach basic beats commonly used in rock music. After twenty years of teaching drums in the public school system, I wrote this book to prepare my stu dents for other, more advanced, rock books.
Glenn Ceglia, Dom Famularo, 2008
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
Doing the math, lA 2 □ Vs — so the next-smallest note is the eighth note. Just as there are four quarter notes in a measure of 4/4 time (4 x lA = 1), each measure holds eight eighth notes (8 x Vg =1). Put another way, there are two eighth notes  ...
Michael Miller, 2005
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The Rhythm Bible
28 Eighths, 16ths & Eighth Note Triplets 29 Double-Dotted Quarter & 16th Notes 30 Quarter Note Triplets 31 Quarter Note Triplets & Eighth Notes 32 Quarter Note Triplets, Eighth Note Triplets & 1 6th Notes 33 Eighth Notes Coming In Off The ...
Dan Fox, 2002
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Drums For Dummies
This feel is also called the straight eighth-note feel because you play the eighth notes straight (as written). You play the snare drum on the second and fourth beats of the measure. Sixteenth-note feel: The sixteenth-note feel is similar to the  ...
Jeff Strong, 2011
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums
An eighth note looks like a quarter note with a flag on it. If you have two or more eighth notes in a row, the flags may be joined together. (The flags don't have to be joined together; it's just that it's easier to read that way sometimes.) Sixteenth ...
Michael Miller, 2003
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Psalmody and Secular Songs
Derived from the Bible, King James Version, Song of Solomon 2:8, 10; this poetic version untraced. Critical notes. Title is "Solomon Song" ("Solomon's Song" in NEH). M. 11, treble also has a' (eighth note) between notes 3 and 4, partly erased .
Timothy Swan, Nym Cooke, 1997
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Music Theory For Dummies
As you may expect, an eighth note has a value of half of a quarter note. Eight eighth notes would last as long as one whole note, which means an eighth note last half a beat (in 4/4, or common, time). How could you have half a beat? Easy.
Michael Pilhofer, Holly Day, 2011
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How to Play Piano: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Piano
Everything You Need to Know to Play the Piano Roger Evans. More Advanced Music In many tunes you will find notes which last for less than one beat. h is an Eighth Note. In most music it lasts for half a beat. Count the timing of Eighth Notes  ...
Roger Evans, 2001
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Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, ...
Crescendoing into m. 21 while slowing the tempo from quarter note equals 144 to eighth note equals 160 in a 6/8 meter, the violin abandons its ponticello playing and begins to lead. In m. 21, the violin's first eighth note, Db6, is doubled at pitch  ...
Ellie M. Hisama, 2006
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Symphonie romane:
M. 48, staff 3, lower voice, beat 4 is tied F eighth note, E eighth note, E-flat quarter note in editions 1, 2, and 3 (these note values are metric errors; as aligned in the score, the eighth notes should be sixteenth notes and the quarter note should ...
Charles Marie Widor, John Richard Near, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EIGHTH NOTE»

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Chomp on the bar
A quaver is an eighth note because it takes eight such beats to fill a semibreve. And so on, you do the math if you're so smart… So, if you see a ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Fulda Free Press
In a learning-about- music-session, Lund identified the different notes such as a whole note, half note, quarter note and eighth note. «Fulda Free Press, Jul 15»
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If you think Apple's packaging is good, wait until you see these
The headphones are arranged on a minimalistic white background to form a music note – or more specifically, a beamed eighth note. Above ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
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Hotel Intel: The Madison Hotel, Memphis
I first realized that when I went to open the lobby doors, and grabbed a golden eighth note serving as a handle. The subtle musical touches ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
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Miles Davis memorial is music to Alton's ears
... Miles Davis statue, created from an iconic Davis photograph by sculptor Preston Jackson, will rest on a pedestal resembling an eighth note. «Alton Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Easy, Tigers
Viewed close up, that calm gray suit is decorated with lighter cream dots, one of which looks like a musical notation for an "eighth note." Viewed ... «North Coast Journal, Jun 15»
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'Charlie Parker's Yardbird': His elusive score
But [in jazz], well, maybe there are things you want, and you write an eighth note but it's really a triplet in the end. We had to work more on that.". «Philly.com, May 15»
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Seeing the bigger picture
A large “w” to represent Westminster, a single eighth note for the student musicians and a giant turtle wielding a trident are a few of the many ... «OCRegister, May 15»
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Matthew Aucoin, Opera's Great 25-Year-Old Hope
This is like walking with a limp, like woe-is-me, we want to feel each eighth note as a kind of limp. … It's like you're squinting at him, as if you ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Our Ace In The Hole
He then rode Bo Badger to victory for Eighth Note Stable and trainer John Botty in the last race run before the closing of Suffolk Downs on Oct. «WBAL Radio, May 15»

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