Eighth note which are graphical dingbats). Eighth notes in , , , and are beamed three eighth notes at a time. A single eighth note is always stemmed with a flag, while two or more are usually beamed in groups . Eighth note An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) and twice that of the sixteenth note (semiquaver), which amounts to one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), one eighth the duration of whole note (semibreve), one sixteenth the duration of a double whole note
Clavier-Übung III we trust, Protect Christ's congregation, His everlasting truth assert, All evil graciously avert, Lead us to life eternal.</poem> BWV 675, 66 bars long, is a two-part invention for the upper and lower voices with the "cantus firmus" in the alto part. The two outer parts are intricate and rhythmically complex with wide leaps, contrasting with the "cantus firmus" which moves smoothly by steps in minims and crotchets. The time signature has been taken to be one of the references in this movement to the Trinity. Like the two preceding chorale preludes, there is no explicit "manualiter" marking, only an ambiguous