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crotchet

In music, a note value one-quarter the duration of a semibreve. It is written as a filled black note-head with a stem. It is the basic unit of beat for the most frequently used time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and so on).

In the UK, it is known as a crotchet.
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