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  • 1Crotchet — Crotch et (kr?ch ?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See {Crook}, and cf. {Crochet}, {Crocket}, {Crosier}.] 1. A forked support; a crotch. [1913 Webster] The crotchets of their cot in columns… …

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  • 2Half note — This article is about the musical note. For the jazz club, see Half Note Club. In music, a half note (American) or minim (European) is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or …

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  • 3crotchet — Synonyms and related words: L, accidental, angle, apex, bee, bend, bifurcation, bight, boutade, brainstorm, breve, cant, capriccio, caprice, chevron, coin, conceit, corner, crank, craze, crazy idea, crook, deflection, demisemiquaver, dogleg,… …

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  • 4crotchet — [ krɒtʃɪt] noun 1》 Music, Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem. 2》 a perverse or unfounded belief or notion. Origin ME (in the sense hook ):… …

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  • 5crotchet — /ˈkrɒtʃət / (say krochuht) noun 1. a hooklike device or part. 2. Entomology a small hooklike process. 3. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook. 4. an odd fancy or whimsical notion. 5. Music a note having one quarter of the time value of… …

  • 6Dotted crotchet — A dotted crotchet or dotted quarter note is a crotchet/quarter note that has been lengthened by half; that is, it has the length of three quavers/eighth notes.ee also*Dotted note …

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  • 7quaver — I. v. n. Tremble, shake, quiver, vibrate. II. n. (Mus.) 1. Shake. 2. Eighth note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a crotchet …

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  • 8Clavier-Übung III — Johann Sebastian Bach, 1746 The Clavier Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach s most… …

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  • 9List of The Worst Witch episodes — This is a list of episodes from the television series The Worst Witch. Contents 1 Season 1 (1998 1999) 2 Season 2 (1999 2000) 3 Season 3 (2000 2001) 4 Reference …

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  • 10Anglican chant — is a way to sing un metrical texts, such as prose translations of the psalms, canticles, and other, similar biblical texts by matching the natural speech rhythm of the words in each verse to a short piece of metrical music.Anglican Chant was… …

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