music-glossary: Duration names notes and rests
2 Duration names notes and rests
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Lang. note name rest name note name rest name
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*US* long long rest breve breve rest
*UK* longa longa rest breve breve rest
*ES* longa silencio de cuadrada silencio de
longa cuadrada
*IT* longa pausa di longa breve pausa di breve
*FR* longa quadruple-pause brève double-pause
*DE* Longa longa Pause Brevis brevis Pause
*NL* longa longa rust brevis brevis rust
*DK* longa longanodespause brevis brevis(nodes)pause
*SE* longa longapaus brevis brevispaus
*FI* longa-nuotti longa-tauko brevis-nuotti, brevis-tauko,
kaksoiskokonuottikaksoiskokotauko
Lang. note name rest name note name rest name
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*US* whole note whole rest half note half rest
*UK* semibreve semibreve rest minim minim rest
*ES* redonda silencio de blanca silencio de
redonda blanca
*IT* semibreve pause di minima pausa di
semibreve minima
*FR* ronde pause blanche demi-pause
*DE* ganze Note ganze Pause halbe Note halbe Pause
*NL* hele noot hele rust halve noot halve rust
*DK* helnode helnodespause halvnode halvnodespause
*SE* helnot helpaus halvnot halvpaus
*FI* kokonuotti kokotauko puolinuotti puolitauko
Lang. note name rest name note name rest name
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*US* quarter note quarter rest eighth note eighth rest
*UK* crotchet crotchet rest quaver quaver rest
*ES* negra silencio de corchea silencio de
negra corchea
*IT* semiminima, pausa di croma pausa di croma
nera semiminima,
pausa di nera
*FR* noire soupir* croche* demi-soupir
*DE* Viertelnote Viertelpause Achtelnote Achtelpause
*NL* kwartnoot kwartrust achtste noot achtste rust
*DK* fjerdedelsnode fjerdedelspause ottendedelsnode ottendedelspause
*SE* fjärdedelsnot fjärdedelspaus åttondelsnot åttondelspaus
*FI* neljäsosanuotti neljäsosatauko kahdeksasosanuottikahdeksasosatauko
* About the French naming system: croche refers to the noteâs âhookâ.
Therefore, from the eighth note on, the note names mean âhookâ, âdoubled
hookâ, âtrebled hookâ, and so on.
The rest names are based on the soupir, or quarter rest. Subsequent
rests are expressed as fractions thereof: half a soupir, a quarter of a
soupir, and so on.
Each of the following tables contains one type of note and its
matching rest, with abbreviations that apply to both notes and rests.
Just switch the part that means ânoteâ with the part that means ârestâ,
for example:
⢠English: 16th *note*, 16th *rest*
⢠German: 32tel-*Note*, 32tel-*Pause*
⢠Finnish: 64-osa*nuotti*, 64-osa*tauko*
Editorâs note: I put a dash â-â when I could not find a
language-specific abbreviation for a duration name. If you know of one
that I missed, please send it to me, care of the lilypond-user
discussion list.
Lang. Note name Rest name Abbr.
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*US* sixteenth note sixteenth rest 16th note
*UK* semiquaver semiquaver rest -
*ES* semicorchea silencio de semicorchea -
*IT* semicroma pausa di semicroma -
*FR* double croche quart de soupir -
*DE* Sechzehntelnote Sechzehntelpause 16tel-Note
*NL* zestiende noot zestiende rust 16e noot
*DK* sekstendedelsnode sekstendedelspause -
*SE* sextondelsnot sextondelspaus -
*FI* kuudestoistaosanuotti kuudestoistaosatauko 16-osanuotti
Lang. Note name Rest name Abbr.
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*US* thirty-second note thirty-second rest 32nd note
*UK* demisemiquaver demisemiquaver rest -
*ES* fusa silencio de fusa -
*IT* biscroma pausa di biscroma -
*FR* triple croche huitième de soupir -
*DE* ZweiunddreiÃigstelnote ZweiunddreiÃigstelpause 32tel-Note
*NL* tweeendertigste noot tweeendertigste rust 32e noot
*DK* toogtredivtedelsnode toogtredivtedelspause -
*SE* trettiotvåondelsnot trettiotvåondelspaus -
*FI* kolmaskymmeneskahdesosanuottikolmaskymmeneskahdesosatauko32-osanuotti
Lang. Note name Rest name Abbr.
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*US* sixty-fourth note sixty-fourth rest 64th note
*UK* hemidemisemiquaver hemidemisemiquaver rest -
*ES* semifusa silencio de semifusa -
*IT* semibiscroma pausa di semibiscroma -
*FR* quadruple croche seizième de soupir -
*DE* Vierundsechzigstelnote Vierundsechzigstelpause 64tel-Note
*NL* vierenzestigste noot vierenzestigste rust 64e noot
*DK* fireogtredsindstyvendedelsnodefireogtredsindstyvendedelspause-
*SE* sextiofjärdedelsnot sextiofjärdedelspaus -
*FI* kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuottikuudeskymmenesneljäsosatauko64-osanuotti
Lang. Note name Rest name Abbr.
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*US* one-hundred-twenty-eighth one-hundred-twenty-eighth 128th note
note rest
*UK* semihemidemisemiquaver semihemidemisemiquaver -
rest
*ES* garrapatea silencio de garrapatea -
*IT* fusa pausa di fusa -
*FR* quintuple croche trente-deuxième de -
soupir
*DE* HundertachtundzwanzigstelnoteHundertachtundzwanzigstelpause128tel-Note
*NL* honderdachtentwintigste honderdachtentwintigste 128e noot
noot rust
*DK* hundredeotteogtyvendedelsnodehundredeotteogtyvendedelspause-
*SE* hundratjugoåttondelsnot hundratjugoåttondelspaus -
*FI* sadaskahdeskymmeneskahdeksasosanuottisadaskahdeskymmeneskahdeksasosatauko128-osanuotti
Lang. Note name Rest name Abbr.
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*US* two-hundred-fifty-sixth two-hundred-fifty-sixth 256th note
note rest
*UK* demisemihemidemisemiquaverdemisemihemidemisemiquaver-
rest
*ES* semigarrapatea silencio de -
semigarrapatea
*IT* semifusa pausa di semifusa -
*FR* sextuple croche soixante-quatrième de -
soupir
*DE* ZweihundertsechsundfünfzigstelnoteZweihundertsechsundfünfzigstelpause256tel-Note
*NL* tweehonderdzesenvijftigstetweehonderdzesenvijftigste256e noot
noot rust
*DK* tohundredeseksoghalvtredsendedelsnodetohundredeseksoghalvtredsendedelspause-
*SE* tvåhundrafemtiosjättedelsnottvåhundrafemtiosjättedelspaus-
*FI* kahdessadasviideskymmeneskuudesosanuottikahdessadasviideskymmeneskuudesosatauko256-osanuotti
See also
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