half note

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsminim

   Broadernote

Questions about half note

What does half note mean?

half note means "a musical note having the time value of half a whole note".

What is another word for half note?

Close synonyms include minim. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is half note a common word?

half note is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.