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Examples of quarter note in a Sentence
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The track requires a bit of power to keep up with its bass triplets and sub-bass quarter notes, which are ever-present throughout the tune.
—PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
The clarinet harks back to the descending four-note motive of the first movement and different speeds entangle the lines, with a return to the slow quarter note motive texture.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
These should tug against the constant quarter note pulse.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“Quarter note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarter%20note. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
quarter note
noun
: a musical note equal in time to ¼ of a whole note
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