Croche

English translation: quaver (or eighth note in US English)

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French term or phrase:Croche
English translation:quaver (or eighth note in US English)
Entered by: Marie-Pascale Wersinger

17:00 Sep 14, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Music / Music reading
French term or phrase: Croche
A unit of time in music representing half the note.
Marie-Pascale Wersinger
Local time: 15:54
quaver (or eighth note in US English)
Explanation:
In terms of note value, a quaver is half the length of a crotchet/quarter note (noire).
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Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:54
Grading comment
Thank you for clearing the misunderstand. Quaver is the translation of croche. The ambiguity came from the fact that the almost homonymous English word crotchet refers to the French quarter note and not crochet!! Thanks everyone for this effort!!
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4 +1quaver (or eighth note in US English)
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quaver (or eighth note in US English)


Explanation:
In terms of note value, a quaver is half the length of a crotchet/quarter note (noire).


    Reference: http://https://dolmetsch.com/defsc3.htm
Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:54
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Grading comment
Thank you for clearing the misunderstand. Quaver is the translation of croche. The ambiguity came from the fact that the almost homonymous English word crotchet refers to the French quarter note and not crochet!! Thanks everyone for this effort!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/croche/ // No, I deleted it because you were less than a minute ahead of me.
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  -> Thanks Phil. I was about to agree your answer but can no longer see it. Technical problem?
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