Sentence examples for half note from inspiring English sources
noun
A musical note that is two beats long, which is half the length of a semibreve and equal in length to two crotchets; a minim.
"A little more than half could identify a half note.
Thus, the notation "M.M. (Maelzel's metronome) {half note} = 60" indicates that at 60 oscillations per minute the half note will receive one beat.
Wes Montgomery, "Smokin' at the Half Note" (Verve, 2005; tracks recorded 1965).
The A at 62 is now on the downbeat and it's a half note.
Sunday brings a salute to the Half Note Club and musicians like Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Wes Montgomery.
His engagement with that group here is being recorded for a forthcoming release on the Half Note label.
Say you had this:Quarter note-Eighth note-Sixteenth Note-Sixteenth Rest-Half note.
Say you had a measure and it had notes in the following order: Quarter note-Eighth note-Eight rest-Half note.
That was a half-note, stupid a half-note.
Mr. Dunlop arrived at the brown-brick nursing home nearly four years ago, a strong-willed but slightly bent half-note.
At the start of his 12th chorus, Mr. Haden joined in, with a half-note bass line that seemed both modest and bravely indeterminate.
