Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- note value
- Subclass of
- note sign
- Has part
- stem
- Followed by
- eighth-note
- Follows
- half note
- Image
- Music-quarternote.svg
Show 2 more facts
- Unicode character
- ♩
- Commons category
- Crotchet
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
A quarter note (crotchet) with stem pointing up, a quarter note with stem pointing down, and a quarter rest Four quarter notes Comparison of duple note values: = 2×, etc. v t e
A quarter note (AmE) or crotchet (BrE) (/ˈkrɒtʃɪt/) is a musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight, flagless stem. The stem usually points upwards if it is below the middle line of the staff, and downwards if it is on or above the middle line. An upward stem is placed on the right side of the notehead, a downward stem is placed on the left (see image). The Unicode symbol is U+2669 (♩).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quarter note” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.