eighth note

eighth note

n. Music A note having one-eighth the time value of a whole note.

eighth note

n (Music, other) music US and Canadian a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): quaver

eighth′ note`

n. a musical note having one eighth the time value of a whole note. [1885–90, Amer.]

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Noun

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eighth note - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole notequavermusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

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