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Definition of Crotchet
Crotchet
A forked support; a crotch.
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
A bracket. See Bracket.
An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
To play music in measured time.

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Crotchet Translations

crotchet in German is Haken, Viertelnote

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