Definitions for eighth note
eighth note

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1. eighth note, quavernoun

   a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note

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1. eighth notenoun

   A note having one-eighth the duration of a whole note; a quaver

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1. Eighth note

   An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve), hence the name. This amounts to twice the value of the sixteenth note (semiquaver). It is half the duration of a quarter note (crotchet), one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), one eighth the duration of whole note (semibreve), one sixteenth the duration of a double whole note (breve), and one thirty-second the duration of a longa. It is the equivalent of the fusa in mensural notation.Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag note flag (see Figure 1). The stem is placed to the right of the notehead and extends upwards if the notehead lies below the middle line of the staff, and to the left of the notehead extending downwards if the notehead lies on or above the middle line of the staff, in instrumental notation. In vocal music, a middle-line notehead extends upward instead of downward. A related symbol is the eighth rest (or quaver rest), which denotes a silence for the same duration.In Unicode, the symbols U+266A (♪) and U+266B (♫) are an eighth note and beamed pair of eighth notes respectively. The two symbols are inherited from the early 1980s code page 437, where they occupied codes 13 and 14 respectively. Additions to the Unicode standard also incorporated additional eighth note depictions from Japanese emoji sets: ascending eighth notes (U+1F39C,

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1. eighth note

   An eighth note, also known as a quaver, is a note in music notation that represents half the duration of a quarter note and a quarter of the duration of a half note. It is depicted by a filled-in oval with a stem, often with a flag or a beam if connected to other eighth notes. In the British naming system, it is equivalent to 1/8th of the duration of a whole note, or semibreve.

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1. Eighth note

   An eighth note or a quaver is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of whole note, hence the name. Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag note flag. A related symbol is the eighth rest, which denotes a silence for the same duration. In unicode, the symbols U+266A and U+266B are an eighth note and beamed pair of eighth notes respectively. The characters are inherited from the early 1980s code page 437, where they have codes 13 and 14 respectively. As with all notes with stems, the general rule is that eighth notes are drawn with stems to the right of the notehead, facing up, when they are below the middle line of the musical staff. When they are on or above the middle line, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down. Alternatively, stems are used to indicate voicing or parts; all stems for the upper voice's notes are drawn facing up, regardless of their position on the staff. Similarly, stems for the next lower part's notes are down facing down. This makes the voices/parts clear to the player and singer.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eighth note in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eighth note in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eighth_Note
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Note
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