Musical note standardised at 440 Hz, lying in the octave containing notes from C (middle C) to B. The lowest note on most pianos is A, the highest C. The MIDI system for electronic musical instruments and computers uses a straight count starting with note 0 for C at 8.1758 Hz up to note 127 for G at 12,544 Hz. A written note can also have a note value, a code that determines the note's relative duration. In order of halving duration, they are: double note (breve); whole note (semibreve); half note (minim); quarter note (crotchet); eighth note (quaver); sixteenth note (semiquaver).;
Quarter note Quarter note A quarter note (American) or crotchet (British) is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Often, musicians will say that a crotchet is one beat, but this is not always correct, as the beat is indicated by the time signature of the music; a quarter note may or may not be the beat. Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight, flagless stem. The stem usually points upwards if it is below the middle line of the stave or downwards if it is on or