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ˈhalf-note 1. Mus. †a. A half-tone; a semitone. Obs.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 3 The ♭ cliefe..is made thus ♭, or thus ♮, the one signifying the halfe note and flatt singing: the other signifying the whole note or sharpe singing. 1684R.H. School Recreat. 120 These are named Semitones, or the Half Notes, which must be well observed. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. v. 64 The modern Chromatic Kind is an incidental Ascent or Descent by Half-Notes, with a variable Intervention of whole Notes. b. A minim.
1847in Craig. 2. The half of a bank-note, cut in two for safety in transmission by post.
1882–93in Bithell Counting-house Dict. |