half note

Music a note having one half the duration of a whole note

See half note in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Music
A note having one half the value of a whole note.

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half note

from Fra Jacopino (1614) by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

A. half note B. quarter note

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