Re: Very Beginner's Guide

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Manuel 
<address@hidden> writes
> So you are really two countries separated by a common language... How 
> do Canadians, New Zealanders and other natives manage in between? I 
> think that for us non-natives, "fourth" is logically easier than 
> "crochet", though crochet and quaver sound nice. Like the French 
> "soupir" for a rest.

It gets worse :-) What the Americans call a full note, the English call 
a semi-breve (literally, a "half-note")  :-)

So an American quarter-note is actually an eighth-note.  :-)

Cheers,
Wol
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