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Note

A tone of definite pitch. In written music, a note is a sign that represents a single sound of a given music pitch and the duration that the pitch should be played or sung. The pitch of a Note is defined by its position on a musical staff combined with the given key signature while the duration of a note is defined by a set of written note values, or symbols. The most familiar note values are as follows:

Whole Note: Equals four Quarter Notes.
Half Note: Equals one-half of a Whole Note or two Quarter Notes.
Quarter Note: Equals one-fourth (or one-quarter) of a Whole Note.
Eight Note: Equals one-eighth of a Whole Note or one-half of a Quarter Note.
Sixteenth Note: Equals one-sixteenth of a Whole Note.

Outside of written music, a note is a bit harder to fully grasp in exact terms. Why? Consider the pitch of a note. The same note with a predetermined pitch, say A/440 (440 Hz), played or performed by different instruments is going to sound very different. Why? While the pitch of the note is defined in physics by the frequency of vibrations of the sound, there are sometimes other supporting factors such as Timbre or the harmonic structure of the instrument. Similarly, while a note in written music is also defined by its duration, not all instruments perform attacks and decays the same. This creates individual character that can further define a note in a given scenario. So, while a Note in written music is easily definable, a Note in the 'real world' is alive and organic.

NAB	Nail Violin	NAMM
Nanoweber	Nashville Number System	Nashville Tune-o-matic
Nashville Tuning	Native	Nato
Natural	NC Curve-Contour	Near-Coincident Pair
Near Field	Neck	Neck Block (Head Block)
Neckplate	Neck Relief	Neck Tenon
Neck Through Body	Needle Drop	Negative Feedback
Neo Classic Fingerboard	Neo Classic Fingerboard	Neodymium
Neutral	New Old Stock (NOS)	Nickel
NiMH	Ninth Chord	Nitrocellulose
NLE	Nocaster	Nocaster
Nocturne	Node	Noise
Noise Floor	Noise Generator	Noise Shaping
NOM	Nominal Level	Non-destructive Editing
Non-destructive Recording	Non-Drop	Non-Linear Editing
Non-normalled	Non-Volatile Memory	Normal
Normalize	NOS	Notation Software
Notch	Note	Note Number
Note Off	Note On	NRC
NRPN	NTFS	NTSC
Nudge	Nut	Nyquist Frequency