We've got 1 definition »

What does stand for? 

What does mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: .

Filter by: Sort by:PopularityAlphabeticallyCategory
TermDefinitionRating

eighth note

Community » Music

Rate it:

What does mean?

An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve). Its length relative to other rhythmic values is as expected—e.g., half the duration of a quarter note (crotchet), one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), and twice the value of a sixteenth note. 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 note flag (see Figure 1). The stem is on the right of the notehead extending upwards or on the left extending downwards, depending primarily on where the notehead lies relative to the middle line of the staff. A related symbol is the eighth rest (or quaver rest), which denotes a silence for the same duration.Eighth notes may be beamed together in groups (Figure 2). In 38, 68, 98, and 128 they are typically beamed in groups of three. A single eighth note is always stemmed with a flag, while two or more are usually beamed in groups in instrumental music. In Unicode, the symbol U+266A (♪) is a single eighth note and U+266B (♫) is a beamed pair of eighth notes. These symbols are inherited from the early 1980s code page 437, where they occupied codes 13 and 14 respectively. Additions to the Unicode standard incorporated eighth note depictions from Japanese emoji sets: ascending eighth notes (U+1F39C,

see more »

Discuss these ♪ abbreviations with the community:

0 Comments

    Know what is ? Got another good explanation for ? Don't keep it to yourself!

    Still can't find the acronym definition you were looking for? Use our Power Search technology to look for more unique definitions from across the web!

    Citation

    Use the citation options below to add these abbreviations to your bibliography.

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "♪." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 31 Oct. 2024. <https://www.abbreviations.com/%E2%99%AA>.

    Image or illustration of

    eighth note
    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    The ultimate acronym test

    »
    STFU
    A Some things feel useless
    B See the fat uncle
    C So thankful for you
    D Shut the f**k up

    Embed

    Share an image of ♪

    »

    Hearing impaired tip:

    Sign language

    How do you say in ASL sign language fingerspelling?