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Dictionary: Music

crotchet (n)
(pronounced "crotch-et")
quarter note (music)
 
didgeridoo, didge (n) Indigenous Australian wind instrument made from a tree branch hollowed by termites.
Makes a droning sound; native name yirdaki.
semibrieve (n) whole note (music)
 
semiquaver (n) sixteenth note (music)
 
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