half notes
Minims in Britain
Half notes are musical notes held for two beats in common time, half the duration of a whole note.
The half note appears as an open oval with a stem.
In British terminology, the same note is called a minim.
The melody moved slowly through a series of half notes.
Cessation of activity
Smallest apothecary volume
- stemPlant's central axis
- noteheadOval denoting pitch position
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- ledger lineShort line extending staff
clef · flag · beam · score · transcription · manuscript · sheet music · written
Keep something going continuously
- breathAir taken in
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- articulationClear vocal expression
expression · dynamics · tone · resonance · vibrato · melodic line · lyrical · control
rest
Cessation of activity
count · pulse · measure · bar · common time · cut time · duple
minim
Smallest apothecary volume
- stemPlant's central axis
- noteheadOval denoting pitch position
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
ledger line · clef · flag · beam · score · transcription · manuscript · sheet music · written · engraving
sustain
Keep something going continuously
articulation · expression · dynamics · tone · resonance · vibrato · melodic line · lyrical · control · technique
- rhythmbeat, pulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat
- rhythmsbeat, rhythm, syncopation, offbeat, cadence
- music basicsrests, beats, rhythm patterns, melody, clefs
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff
- musical notationforte, score, piano, sheet music, lead sheet
- piano basicshand position, curved fingers, middle C, white keys, black keys
half noteswhole notes
Four-beat musical symbols
quarter notes · sixteenth notes · eighth notes · thirty-second notes · breves
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