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		aaronkaplan on July 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obsessed with putting ink on paper or What's wrong... "Quarter note," "eighth note" etc. are the standard terms in US English. What you call a quaver, we call an eighth note, regardless of time signature. (4/4 time means there are 4 quarter notes in a measure; 3/4 means there are 3 quarter notes.)

socksy on July 16, 2010 [–]

Thanks, that explains it, though it does seem somewhat odd to my UK based musical training, where we regard a crotchet as a whole note...

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