Half note (disambiguation)

A half note (    ), in musical notation, is a standard symbol that represents the duration for a sound to occur. The symbol is used in tonal and percussive notation. In ⁴
₄ or ³
₄ time – that is, with 4 beats or 3 beats to a measure – a half note would last for 2 beats.

Half note may also refer to:

Recorded music

• Half Note, a 1985 jazz album by the late saxophonist Clifford Jordan
• At the Half Note Cafe, a 1960 jazz album by the late trumpeter Donald Byrd
• Live at the Half-Note, a 1963 jazz album by the late trumpeter Art Farmer
• To Sweden with Love: Live at the Half Note, a 1964 jazz album by Art Farmer
• Smokin' at the Half Note, a 1965 jazz album by the late guitarist Wes Montgomery and the late pianist Wynton Kelly
• Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz album), a 1959 jazz album by the late saxophonists Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh
• Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note, a 1959 jazz album by the late jazz artists Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods
• Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up, a 1965 jazz album by the late John Coltrane
• Live at Birdland and the Half Note, a 1992 jazz release of a 1965 performance by John Coltrane
• Portraits in Jazz: Live at the Half Note, a 2016 release of a 1965 performance by Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Charles Lloyd, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes
• Woman Talk: Live at The Village Gate & The Half Note, a 2010 release of 1965 performances by the late Carmen McRae
• Al Jarreau and the George Duke Trio: Live At The Half Note 1965, Volume 1, a 2011 release of a 1965 performance by the late Al Jarreau
• "Half Note Triplets," the title of a jazz piece recorded April 16, 1963, at Carnegie Hall by the late Eric Dolphy, Ed Armour (trumpet), Richard Davis, and J.C. Moses

Other uses

• Half Note Records, a jazz label founded in 1998
• Half Note Club, a bygone New York City jazz club that flourished from 1957 to 1974
• Half-Note (My Little Pony) was the name of a toy pony introduced by Hasbro in 1985