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# crotchet

«crotchet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a musical note that lasts for one beat in most music; in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a crotchet, crotchets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (music, UK) A crotchet is a musical note that lasts for one beat in most music; in the USA it is called a quarter note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned) A crotchet is a strange, fixed idea or habit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons: crotchets, minims (two beats) and quavers (half a beat); counting beats is like fractions in maths; it tells you how long to hold a note.

### examples

- A crotchet lasts for one beat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#x1)
- Two quavers fit into one crotchet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#x2)
- Clap four crotchets in each bar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#x3)
- A minim is as long as two crotchets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#x4)
- The crotchet has a black head and a stem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/#x5)

### note

UK = crotchet, US = quarter note. Maths: crotchet = 1 beat; minim = 2; semibreve = 4; quaver = 1/2. Do not confuse with «crochet» (making things with yarn and a hook) — a common spelling trap.

### In the corpora

- [3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar, which gives the swaying feel of a waltz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crotchet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crotchet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.