musical note

/ˌmjuzəkəl noʊt/

/ˈmjuzɪkəl nəʊt/

Other forms: musical notes

Definitions of musical note

1. noun

   a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
   synonyms: note, tone

   types:

   keynote, tonic

   (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   supertonic

   (music) the second note of a diatonic scale

   mediant

   (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant

   subdominant

   (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

   dominant

   (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

   submediant

   (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

   leading tone, subtonic

   (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale

   pedal, pedal point

   a sustained bass note

   shake, trill

   a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

   middle C

   the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz

   chord

   a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

   passing note, passing tone

   a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes

   semibreve, whole note

   a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)

   half note, minim

   a musical note having the time value of half a whole note

   crotchet, quarter note

   a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

   eighth note, quaver

   a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note

   semiquaver, sixteenth note

   a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note

   demisemiquaver, thirty-second note

   a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note

   hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note

   a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note

   acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note

   an embellishing note usually written in smaller size

   blue note

   a flattened third or seventh

   monotone

   a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

   C

   (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

   arpeggio

   a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously

   sforzando

   an accented chord

   common chord, triad

   a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones

   seventh chord

   a triad with a seventh added

   type of:

   musical notation

   (music) notation used by musicians