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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=music">music</a>, a <b>half note</b> (American) or <b>minim</b> (British) is a <a href="page.php?w=Musical_note">note</a> played for half the duration of a <a href="page.php?w=whole_note">whole note</a> (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a <a href="page.php?w=quarter_note">quarter note</a> (or crotchet). It was given its Latin name (minima, meaning "least or smallest") because it was the shortest of the five note values used in <a href="page.php?w=mensural_notation">early medieval music notation</a>. Half notes are</p><p>
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