Usage of musical terms
This documentation uses American terminology for musical items throughout the documentation.
The following table lists all the notes and notations that have different names in American and British English:
American Name |
British Name |
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Double whole note |
Breve |
Whole note |
Semibreve |
Half note |
Minim |
Quarter note |
Crotchet |
Eighth note |
Quaver |
Sixteenth note |
Semiquaver |
Thirty-second note |
Demisemiquaver |
Sixty-fourth note |
Hemidemisemiquaver |
Hundred twenty-eighth note |
Semihemidemisemiquaver |
Two hundred fifty-sixth note |
Demisemihemidemisemiquaver |
Staff |
Stave |
Bar/Measure Note
This documentation only uses bar. |
Bar |