A filled oval with a stem, the note most often equal to one beat.
Also known as: Crotchet, Music note symbol, Filled note with a stem
A filled oval with a stem is a quarter note, one beat in common time. It is the value most people picture when they picture a musical note at all.
Indicates a note lasting one beat in common time, which is why it is the value time signatures are usually counted in.
Contexts: Music
Is the note shape used generically to mean 'music' outside notation altogether — on signage, in interfaces and as an emoji — where it carries no duration at all.
Contexts: Music
Is encoded as U+1D15F MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER NOTE.
Contexts: Music
A solid filled oval lying slightly on its side with a straight vertical stem rising from its right edge or descending from its left.
The fill of the head is the only difference.
Adjacent values in the halving series.