Crotchet

The old name for the quarter note first found in 14th century music and currently used in Great Britain to mean quarter note.See also [Am.] Quarter note; [Fr.] Noire; [Ger.] Viertel; [Ger.] Viertelnote; [It.] Semiminima; [It.] Nera; [Sp.] Negra.