eighth note

noun Music.

a note having one eighth of the time value of a whole note; quaver.

Origin of eighth note

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby eighth note

eighth, Eighth Amendment, Eighth Commandment, eighth cranial nerve, eighthly, eighth note, eighth rest, eightieth, eightpenny, eights, eightsome reel

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Example sentences from the Web for eighth note

Sixteenth-notes may be used in place of the eighth-note, but should be approached and left step-wise.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann
The second and third movements each occupy the duration of an eighth-note.
The Fascinating Boston|Alfonso Josephs Sheafe
In a slow tempo it may serve you to think of the second eighth-note of the triplet as being subdivided into two sixteenths.
Piano Playing|Josef Hofmann
In the second bar a note which the editor had taken for an eighth-note was explained by the Composer as being a grace-note.
The Shadow World|Hamlin Garland

British Dictionary definitions for eighth note

eighth note

noun

US and Canadian music a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreveAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): quaver

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单词	eighth note
释义	eighth note noun Music. a note having one eighth of the time value of a whole note; quaver. Origin of eighth note An Americanism dating back to 1885–90 Words nearby eighth note eighth, Eighth Amendment, Eighth Commandment, eighth cranial nerve, eighthly, eighth note, eighth rest, eightieth, eightpenny, eights, eightsome reel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eighth note Sixteenth-notes may be used in place of the eighth-note, but should be approached and left step-wise. A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons\|Friedrich J. Lehmann The second and third movements each occupy the duration of an eighth-note. The Fascinating Boston\|Alfonso Josephs Sheafe In a slow tempo it may serve you to think of the second eighth-note of the triplet as being subdivided into two sixteenths. Piano Playing\|Josef Hofmann In the second bar a note which the editor had taken for an eighth-note was explained by the Composer as being a grace-note. The Shadow World\|Hamlin Garland British Dictionary definitions for eighth note eighth note noun US and Canadian music a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreveAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): quaver Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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