1. crotchet - Noun
2. crotchet - Verb
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
A bracket. See Bracket.
An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
To play music in measured time.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is currently most often designated as a crotchet or quarter note in western notation (see time signature ). Source: Internet
In the above example this is the case: the subject finishes on the quarter note (or crotchet) B-flat of the third beat of the second bar which harmonizes the opening G of the answer. Source: Internet
So a main would show a crotchet (or quarter note ), as shown to the right, while a main would show a minim (or half note ). Source: Internet
This means that a particular note value (for example, a quarter note, or crotchet ) is specified as the beat, and that the amount of time between successive beats is a specified fraction of a minute. Source: Internet
The Marian hymns from the 1605 Gradualia are set in a light line-by-line imitative counterpoint with crotchet pulse which recalls the three-part English songs from Songs of sundrie natures (1589). Source: Internet
For instance, main means two quarter-note (crotchet) beats per bar— main means three eighth-note (quaver) beats per bar. Source: Internet