Re: Searc

[William R Brohinsky]

As neuro's post shows, croma and croche are current names for what we in
the US call 'eighth-notes'. If you consider the shape of the note (black
head, stem, one flag), the previous name of this note was 'fusa'. 

This name comes from common renaissance usage where the note shape was
used rarely. In modern transcriptions, the fusa is often reduced to a
sixteenth or 32nd (double- or triple-croche). By these reductions, the
croche (now) would be equivalent to the minim or semi-minim, the former
appearing like a modern half-note (blanche) or quarter-note (noire).

So by shape:
.
|/  croche (croma in italian) = fusa

.
| noire (nera, it) = semi-minim

o
| blanche (bianca, it) = minim

o ronde (semibreve, it) = semibreve

By transcription of 1/2:

.         .
|/ fusa = | noire

.              o
| semi-minim = | blanche

I hope this answers your question!

raybro

LOUPI wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I came on your site and I think that maybe you could give me the
> information I need.
> 
> About  the musical note "la croche". She was called "croma" but before
> "croma", what was its name.
> 
> Thank you![Image]
> 
> Louise Pivot
> 
> Excuse my English!!!!!!!
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