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Meaning of "half-note" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-NOTE

half-note


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-NOTE

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Half-Note is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HALF-NOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Half note

In music, a half note or minim is a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note. In time signatures with a bar length of 4 beats, such as 4/4 or 3/4 time, the half note is two beats long. Half notes are notated with a hollow oval note head and a straight note stem with no flags. The half rest denotes a silence for the same duration. Half rests are drawn as filled-in rectangles sitting on top of the middle line of the musical staff. As with all notes with stems, half notes are drawn with stems to the right of the note head, facing up, when they are below the middle line of the staff. When they are on or above the middle line, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down. Its rhythm syllables are ta-ah. The note derives from the minima in mensural notation, which is Latin for 'least or smallest,' because at one stage it was the shortest of all note values used. The word minim comes from this name. The American term half note is a 19th-century loan translation of German halbe Note.

Definition of half-note in the English dictionary

The definition of half-note in the dictionary is a note having the time value of half a semibreve Also called: minim.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-NOTE

half-mad · half-marathon · half-mast · half-mile · half-miler · half-minute · half-moon · half-mourning · half-naked · half-nelson · half-note rest · half-open · half-p · half-pace · half-pedalling · half-pie · half-pipe · half-plate · half-price · half-quartern

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-NOTE

banknote · big-note · blue note · cenote · cover note · currency note · denote · endnote · fit note · footnote · headnote · keynote · note · of note · pound note · quarter note · sidenote · suicide note · take note · woodnote

Synonyms and antonyms of half-note in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «half-note» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-NOTE

Find out the translation of half-note to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of half-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 «half-note» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

半音符
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

mitad - nota
570 millions of speakers
en

English

half-note
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आधा नोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف السندات ل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

наполовину примечание
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

meia -note
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-নোট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

demi - billet
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Setengah nota
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Halbe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフノート
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

반 주
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah cathetan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa lưu ý
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அரை குறிப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा-टीप
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım nota
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

half- note
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

half- note
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

наполовину примітка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate de notă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό - σημείωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half -noot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv anmärkning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv -note
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-NOTE»

Discover the use of half-note in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-note and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Harpsichord music
M. 27, t, final note, eighth-note; b, beat 4, quarter-note. [9] Corrant Source: Ed. 1707, p. 11, "Corrant" M. 3, r.h., third half-note beat, lower note is undotted quarter-note. M. 5, a, note 1, half-note. M. 6, b, note 2, quarter-note. Mm. 7, 8, and 17, l.h., ...
Giovanni Battista Draghi, Robert Klakowich, 1986
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The Rhythm Bible
Half-Note Triplets 271—280 Half-note triplets are not seen very often but they have been used in quite a few show tunes, notably "I Get a Kick Out of You" and " Everything's Coming Up Roses." One way to count half-note triplets accurately is to ...
Dan Fox, 2002
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Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice
The next longest note is the half note and, as the name implies, it is half as long as the whole note. The half note looks like a small whole note but with a vertical line, called a stem, attached: . The stem may ascend from the note head or may ...
Alfred Blatter, 2007
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Dis Here: A Bio-discography of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
CLEVELAND, Ohio: Leo's Casino CLEVELAND, Ohio: Leo's Casino CLEVELAND, Ohio: Leo's Casino Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open NYC: Half Note NYC: Half Note NYC: Half Note NYC: Half Note NYC: Half Note NYC: Half ...
‎2000
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Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations
Measure Beat Voice Revision “Komm, 53 91 97 98 101 102 103 103 Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott,” 3–4 3–4 1–2 1 1–2 3–4 1–2 3 alto tenor soprano tenor alto alto soprano soprano BWV651 half note changed to note originally faster rhythm than  ...
Stephen A. Crist, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, 2008
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The Instrumental Music: The Instrumental Music
Measure 4: the half-note с sharp in line 2, beat 1, is d in (c). Measure 6: the two notes d' in line 1, beats 3 and 4, are a dotted quarter and an eighth in(c). Measure 7: a quarter-note rhythm sign appears on beat 1 in (c). Measure 8: a quarter-note  ...
Robert White, Irwin Spector, 1972
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Kenya Gazette
Any person claiming to be entitled to payment in respect of the said half note, should communicate forthwith with the Currency Officer. In the absence of any such claim being established within three month's of this date, payment for the said ...
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Secular Pieces: Secular Pieces
M. 5, В, half-note (A), half-note (a) in Flo 27. M. 6, B, first note f in Flo 27. M. 8, A, half-note (c') in last half measure in Q 16. M. 9, B, notated b-flat in Flo 27 and Form. M. 10, A, notated b-flat in Form. M. 11, T, notated b-flat in Form. Mm. 17-19, T, ...
Johannes Martini, Edward G. Evans, Jr., 1975
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Kenya Gazette
Any person claiming to be entitled to payment in respect of the said half note should communicate forthwith with the Currency Officer. In the absence of any such claim being established within three months of this date payment for the said half ...
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The lyra viol consorts
notes in Lbl, dotted half note tied to half note in NYp; Tr: notes 2-3 are slurred in Lbl; B: beats 4-6 have a dotted half-note A in Och; Harps/bh: inscription "slowe time" lacking. M. 31, Tr: notes 3-4 are slurred in Lbl. M. 32, Tr: notes 3-4 are slurred ...
John Jenkins, Frank Traficante, 1992

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-NOTE»

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Why We Should Teach Music History Backwards
... simple drum thump and half-note piano chords allow Smith's honeyed tenor to remain so conversational that it feels like we're eavesdropping ... «Smithsonian, Apr 15»
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