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 Translation for 'crotchet' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   a crotchet | crotchets
SYNO crotchet | hook | oddity | ...
mus.
firedelsnote {m}
crotchet [Br.]
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Translation for 'crotchet' from English to Norwegian

crotchet [Br.]
firedelsnote {m}mus.
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Usage Examples English
  • In the music which accompanies the poem, "Humpty" is a crotchet (half note) and quaver (eighth note), while "sat on" is a pair of quavers (eighth notes), taking up the same time as the syllable "Hump".
  • time, with a crotchet rest on the first beat of each bar) is based on the rhythm of Edward Elgar's own name ("Edward Elgar": short-short-long-long, then reversed long-long-short-short and a final note).
  • In 1974, Robert Christgau referred to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" as "a McCartney crotchet".
  • The vocal line evokes the galloping effect by repeated figures of crotchet and quaver, or sometimes three quavers, overlying the binary tremolo of the semiquavers in the piano.
  • The plain number represents a quarter note (crotchet).

  • The piece is in F major in 6/4 time, with the piano playing rising crotchet triads and the second instrument playing slow F major scales, alternately rising and falling, of increasing length, which all end on the note A (the mediant of F).
  • This is currently most often designated as a crotchet or quarter note when written (see time signature).
  • It is marked "andantino" with a metronome mark of dotted crotchet = 50.
  • In the second episode, the rhythm dissolves into a crotchet followed by a minim, and flowing semiquavers appear throughout.
  • time, traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats — two pairs of crotchet/quaver (quarter note/eighth note) followed by a dotted crotchet note.

  • Poulenc criticised those who take this piece faster than dotted crotchet = 192 (as Ricardo Viñes played it).
  • In the above example, this is the case: the subject finishes on the quarter note (or crotchet) B [...] of the third beat of the second bar which harmonizes the opening G of the answer.
  • The rhythm of the theme with its minim–crotchet and crotchet–minim rhythm is believed to be based upon medieval English carols; the "Agincourt Song" from 1415 in particular bears a strong resemblance.
  • It is marked Allegro vivo; metronome, crotchet = 100.
  • Above a steady crotchet walking bass, the sustained theme is gently exchanged between the two violin parts, with imitations and suspensions; harmonic colour is added in the discreet viola part.

  • The word "crotchet" comes from Old French [...] , meaning 'little hook', diminutive of [...] , 'hook', because of the hook used on the note in black notation.
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