Definition of crotchets Crotchets

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What does crotchets mean?

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Noun Plural: crotchets
crotchet - a small tool or hooklike implement
crotchet - a strange attitude or habit
		oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness
		unfamiliarity, strangeness unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
crotchet - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
		hook
		curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
crotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
		quarter note

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crotchet (Noun)
A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
crotchet (Noun)
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook obsolete except in crochet hook.
crotchet (Noun)
A whim or a fancy.
crotchet (Verb)
To make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle.
crotchet (Verb)
To play music in measured time.

crotchet (n.)
A forked support; a crotch.
crotchet (n.)
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.
crotchet (n.)
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
crotchet (n.)
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.
crotchet (n.)
A bracket. See Bracket.
crotchet (n.)
An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
crotchet (n.)
A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
crotchet (v. i.)
To play music in measured time.

crotchet
kroch′et, n. a hook: a note in music, equal to half a minim, : a crooked or perverse fancy: a whim, or conceit.—adjs. Crotch′eted, Crotch′ety, having crotchets or peculiarities: whimsical.—n. Crotch′eteer, a crotchety person. [Fr. crochet, dim. of croche, a hook. See Crochet.]

crotchet
In fortification, an indentation in the glacis of the covered way at a point where a traverse is placed.
crotchet
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 crotchet or quarter note is a note played for one fourth of a whole note (or "semibreve"). Quarter notes are written as a filled-in oval (or round) note head and a straight, flagless stem (the line). The stem usually points up (like a d) if it is below the middle line of the stave or down (like a p) if it is on or above the middle line.

When beginners start to learn to play an instrument they are often taught that one crotchet lasts for one beat (one count). That is because they are learning pieces with simple time signatures. It is, however, important to remember that other note lengths (minims, dotted crotchets etc) can also be treated as one beat, depending on the time signature.