Quarter note

/kwˈɔːtə nˈəʊt/

/kwˈɔːɹɾɚ nˈoʊt/

Quarter note

a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

synonyms : crotchet

Examples

1. Quarter note triplets are tricky, because that's against the feeling of duple.

2. Think about music in pictures, in story, in narrative, not in quarter notes and eighth notes.

3. Jazz tunes are written like this with straight eights or straight eighth notes or quarter notes.

4. You can do set parameters, as far as the range of your instruments, or dynamics, or rhythmic density, you know, do a solo with all quarter notes.