This documentation uses American terminology for musical items.
The following table lists all the notes and notations that have different names in American and British English:
American name |
British name |
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Double whole note |
Breve |
Whole note |
Semibreve |
Half note |
Minim |
Quarter note |
Crotchet |
Eighth note |
Quaver |
Sixteenth note |
Semiquaver |
Thirty-second note |
Demisemiquaver |
Sixty-fourth note |
Hemidemisemiquaver |
Hundred twenty-eighth note |
Semihemidemisemiquaver |
Two hundred fifty-sixth note |
Demisemihemidemisemiquaver |
Half-step |
Semitone |
Whole step |
Whole tone |
Staff |
Stave |
Bar/Measure Note
This documentation only uses “bar”. |
Bar |