Crotchet Note

Crotchet Note. A dotted minim is worth three beats and a dotted semibreve is worth six beats, whereas a dotted crotchet is worth one and a half beats. A crotchet (quarter note), pictured above, is a note that lasts for 1 beat.

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So four 1/4 notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole and two of them equal the duration of a half note. We call it a ‘crotchet’, which, depending on your point of. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.

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So four 1/4 notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole and two of them equal the duration of a half note. Why do we say did you know rather than do you know? The second bar has 2 quavers, each a half beat each, and we have 2 crotchets, therefore we get 2 half notes + 2 whole notes = 3 beats.

Dotted crotchets (dotted quarter notes) a crotchet, or quarter note, has the value of one beat.


‘the crotchets of their cot in columns rise.’; Crotchet synonyms, crotchet pronunciation, crotchet translation, english dictionary definition of crotchet. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.

So a dotted crotchet is like adding a crotchet and a quaver together:


A crotchet (quarter note), pictured above, is a note that lasts for 1 beat. The quarter note (crotchet) a quarter note is a short note. A quarter note crotchet consists of a closed note head (the black circle) with a stem extending up if the note is below the third line of the staff or extending down from the left side if the note is on or above the third line of the staff.

The stem usually points upwards if it is below the middle line of the stave or downwards if it is on or above the middle line.


Kinds of note and its corresponding value? A crotchet (quarter note), pictured above, is a note that lasts for 1 beat. The first bar has a minim, which is 2 beats and a crotchet which is 1 beat = total of 3 beats.

The chart below, taken from one of our resources, shows the crotchet in relation to the other notes.


A crotchet or quarter note is a note played for one fourth of a whole note (or semibreve ). The tail halves the value of the note again and so a quaver has a value of half a beat, half as long as a crotchet. A crotchet written as a cymbal has an 'x' instead of the 'blob'.

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