A “double dot” is “ un double point” “triple dote”, “ triple point”.Ī “dotted crotchet” is a “ noire pointée” “double pointed semibreve” is “ blanche double-pointée” “triple-dotted breve” would be “ronde triple-pointée”. The dot itself is called “ point (de prolongation)”. “Triplet quavers” are “un triolet de noires”. Sextuplet (or whatever term you prefer): sextolet(s) n.m.There is no general term to designate a tuplet. Hemidemisemiquaver rest (64 th rest): seizième(s) de soupir n.m.Īnd so on, trente-deuxième(s) de soupir, soixante-quatrième(s) de soupir, … Tuplets.Semiquaver rest (sixteenth rest): quart(s) de soupir n.m.ĭemisemiquaver rest (32 nd rest): huitième(s) de soupir n.m. Quaver rest (eight rest): demi-soupir(s) n.m. Minim rest (half rest): demi-pause(s) n.f.Ĭrotchet rest (quarter rest): soupir(s) n.m. Its relative duration is that of a sixteenth of a whole note. Semibreve rest (whole rest): pause(s) n.f. Next comes the sixteenth note (also known as the semiquaver). RestsĪ “rest” is “ un silence”, plural “des silences”. “A dotted quaver-semiquaver”, e.g., is referred to as “une croche pointée-double”, seldom as “une croche pointée-double croche”. Notes are the musical symbols written on the staff to show what pitch to play (how high or low the note sounds), the note duration (how long each note should be played) and when to play a particular note. In “double croche”, “triple croche”, etc., the term “croche” is often dropped if it already appeared in the same rhythm. Hemidemisemiquaver (64 th note): quadruple(s) croche(s) n.f.Īnd so on, quintuple(s) croche(s), sextuple(s) croche(s), ….Demisemiquaver (32 nd note): triple(s) croche(s) n.f.In other words, a minim receives 2 counts, allowing the musician to hold the note for 2 counts instead of 4. played for half the duration of a semibreve. A half note would get two beats, or of the measure, and a whole note gets 4. A whole note receives 4 counts, which means, you have to hold the note for its full value. Since four quarter notes would fill the entire bar, they are called quarter notes. Semiquaver (sixteenth note): double(s) croche(s) n.f. The length of a full note is equivalent to four beats in a 4/4 time. Whole note 2 quarter notes Quarter note 2 eighth notes Eighth note 2 sixteenth notes So as you can tell the whole note is also equivalent to the duration of 4 quarter notes, or 16 sixteenth notes. As you can see the whole note is the longest out of all the notes. zip file containing this book to use offline, simply click here.Plural mark is indicated between parenthesis NotesĪ “note” is “ une note”, plural “des notes”.īreve: carrée(s) n.f. Note Duration Here is a breakdown of notes and their duration. You can browse or download additional books there. More information is available on this project's attribution page.įor more information on the source of this book, or why it is available for free, please see the project's home page. Each measure still has four beats, but in some measures the durations are shorter so more notes fit into those 4 beats. Additionally, per the publisher's request, their name has been removed in some passages. Somewhere on sheet music, it should tell you how long a musical note is worth. However, the publisher has asked for the customary Creative Commons attribution to the original publisher, authors, title, and book URI to be removed. Length in seconds of a crotchet (quarter note USA). Normally, the author and publisher would be credited here. This content was accessible as of December 29, 2012, and it was downloaded then by Andy Schmitz in an effort to preserve the availability of this book. See the license for more details, but that basically means you can share this book as long as you credit the author (but see below), don't make money from it, and do make it available to everyone else under the same terms. This book is licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa 3.0 license.
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