half note

English

Musical notation for a half note.

Etymology

Calque of German halbe Note.

Noun

half note (plural half notes)

1. (Canada, US, music) A musical note that is two beats long, which is half the length of a semibreve and equal in length to two crotchets; a minim.

Translations

minim — see minim

Anagrams

• half tone, half-tone, halftone