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    eighth note

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Music
    ˈeighth note noun [countable] American English technical  APMa musical note that continues for an eighth of the length of a whole note 八分音符 SYN British English quaver
    Examples from the Corpus
    eighth note• This tune is based on an eighth note subdivision which is stated on the hi-hat of the drum groove.• This groove is played with a swing eighth note feel - great line, great track, great album.• The first is the eighth note triplet shuffle and the second is the sixteenth note triplet or the half-time shuffle feel.
    ˈeighth note nounChineseSyllable
    eighth for Corpus note the musical a an continues of that


    eighth note
    ˈeighth note noun [countable] American English technical
    a musical note that continues for an eighth of the length of a whole note
       SYN  quaver British English


    eighth noteBrE /ˈeɪtθ nəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeɪtθ noʊt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE qua·ver) noun (music 音乐) a note that lasts half as long as a crotchet/ quarter note 八分音符