musical note
3
3.0
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪkəl noʊt/
- Specialized
:
nota musical
- The teacher explained how each musical note represents a different sound in the melody.
- hear a musical note
- same musical notes
- different musical notes
Examples
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For us, a series of separate musical notes comes together to form a melody, which we can remember.
Academic text (2007) -
The familiar repetition of musical notes from the stereo drones louder, grabbing Ned's attention.
Fiction book (1993) -
So if I put in a musical note, this device will try to suggest the next note?
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Used to describe the process of entering musical notes one at a time into a sequencing program.
Academic text (2004) -
The musical notes of a thrilling concert will eventually fade away, but students who have been transformed will change their world.
Academic text (1996) -
The students simply label musical notes in alphabetical or numeric terms.
Academic text (2003) -
Each trial was self-paced and triggered by the child pressing a red button that contained a musical note symbol for the auditory games and an eye symbol for the visual game.
Academic text (2012) -
I take a ride on a roller coaster of emotions as musical notes bring me from a state of pure calmness to a state of adrenaline.
Blog text (5) -
We may think of frequency as pitch—much the same as musical notes—and amplitude as the sound intensity or loudness.
Academic text (2007) -
In the sheet music, the musical notes indicated the pitch and duration for the song.
Synonyms
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2.9
A sign that shows how high and how long a musical sound is
How Long
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1
4.2
- Specialized
3
3.0
- Specialized
1
3.6
- Specialized
1
3.9
- Specialized
1
4.8
- Specialized
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a symbol in musical notation indicating pitch and duration' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'musical' (relating to music) with 'note' (a notation marking pitch/duration). This ordinary adjective + noun composition follows standard English modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound musical note comes from the idea of a small written mark: the word note once meant a short sign that tells a musician which 'sound' to play and for how 'long'. That's why today a musical note means the written sign that shows a high or low 'sound' and how long to play it.