Definition of eighth note in English:

eighth note

noun

North American Music

A note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem; a quaver.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two of the gardens, planted with flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds, are whimsically designed in the shape of a violin and two eighth notes.
- Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note.
- Some passages do incorporate sixteenth notes and eighth notes with dotted quarters following.
- Rarely does any one instrumentalist subdivide the rhythm beyond the equivalent of an eighth note of the main pulse.
- Half-way through the book there is a message that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter.

Definition of eighth note in US English:

eighth note

nounˈeɪ(t)θ noʊtˈā(t)TH nōt

North American Music

A note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note or half a quarter note, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.
British term quaver
Example sentencesExamples
- Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note.
- Rarely does any one instrumentalist subdivide the rhythm beyond the equivalent of an eighth note of the main pulse.
- Two of the gardens, planted with flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds, are whimsically designed in the shape of a violin and two eighth notes.
- Half-way through the book there is a message that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter.
- Some passages do incorporate sixteenth notes and eighth notes with dotted quarters following.

词汇	eighth note
释义	Definition of eighth note in English: eighth note noun North American Music A note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem; a quaver. Example sentencesExamples Two of the gardens, planted with flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds, are whimsically designed in the shape of a violin and two eighth notes. Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note. Some passages do incorporate sixteenth notes and eighth notes with dotted quarters following. Rarely does any one instrumentalist subdivide the rhythm beyond the equivalent of an eighth note of the main pulse. Half-way through the book there is a message that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter. Definition of eighth note in US English: eighth note nounˈeɪ(t)θ noʊtˈā(t)TH nōt North American Music A note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note or half a quarter note, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. British term quaver Example sentencesExamples Prior to learning the notes, students need to tap and count the rhythm, incorporating all accents and dynamics, with the metronome set to the eighth note. Rarely does any one instrumentalist subdivide the rhythm beyond the equivalent of an eighth note of the main pulse. Two of the gardens, planted with flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds, are whimsically designed in the shape of a violin and two eighth notes. Half-way through the book there is a message that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter. Some passages do incorporate sixteenth notes and eighth notes with dotted quarters following.
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