Definitions for quarter note

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quar′ter note`(n.)

  1. a musical note equal in time value to one quarter of a whole note.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of quarter note:

1755–65

Princeton's WordNet

  1. quarter note, crotchet(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. quarter note(Noun)

    A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.


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