Crotchets and quavers. In European circles, different note values have names; a 1-beat note is known as a 'crotchet', 2-beat ...

Learn everything you need to know about music notation, including what Western notation is in this KS2 music guide from BBC Bitesize.

Offenbach's "Lest Contes d'Hoffmann" will be produced next Friday evening at the Manhattan Opera House. A number of important transpositions have been made in the original score.

GROWING up in the UK, we all loved crisps like Monster Munch, Quavers and Doritos. But did you ever stop to wonder who came up with the names for said ...

What a joke: Pupils can get an A at GCSE music without knowing a crotchet from a quaver. By LAURA CLARK FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 05:13 EDT, 8 August 2008 . View comments.

Now, when you sit down to play a piece of notated music, the first thing you see is, of course, the Key Signature (probably the big G in fancy handwriting). Right after that, you’ll notice two ...

When you learn to read music, it’s much like learning to read a book. While the notes on the stave go up and down to indicate pitch, we also read from left to right, and that’s the element ...

For example, a one beat note is called a crochet, a two beat note is called a minim. Watch: What are the main notes? ... Clogs: Yes. They are called semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver.