Definition of Eighth note

1. Noun. A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note.

Exact synonyms: Quaver
Generic synonyms: Musical Note, Note, Tone
Derivative terms: Quaver

Definition of Eighth note

1. Noun. (music) A note having one-eighth the duration of a whole note; a quaver ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighth Note

eighteens
eighteenth
eighteenthly
eighteenths
eighter
eighter from Decatur
eightfold
eightfold way
eightfoldness
eighth
eighth cranial nerve
eighth grade
eighth grades
eighth nerve
eighth nerve tumour
eighth note (current term)
eighth notes
eighth rest
eighth rests
eighthly
eighths
eighties
eightieth
eightieths
eightish
eightlike
eightling
eightlings
eightness
eightpence

Literary usage of Eighth note

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"Fourth measure: one is an eighth-note and two sixteenth-notes; two is the same. Seventh measure: one is an eighth-note and an eighth-rest; two is the same. ..."

2. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"A closed note-head with stem. f* $ Eighth-note. A closed note-head with stem and one hook. fc V ... Eighth-note — quaver. Sixteenth-note — semi-quaver. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"An eighth- note . .. Eighth-note, a note representing one-eighth of the time-value of a whole note ; a quaver (* J )•.. Eighth-rest, a. rest equal in ..."

4. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"Eighth-note, a note representing one-eighth of the time-value of a whole note ; a quaver ... .Eighth-rest, a rest equal in time-value to an eighth- note. ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"Instead of the eighth note, the loot may contain two sixteenth notes, and instead of a quarter note, there may be two eighth notes, or a dotted eighth and a ..."

6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"Instead of the eighth note, the foot may contain two sixteenth notes, and instead of a quarter note, there may be two eighth notes, or a dotted eighth and a ..."

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