Meaning of Fähnchen in Music
In music, **Fähnchen** is a German term that refers to a **flag**. It is used to indicate the beat division of a note and is added to the stem of the note. The presence of a flag on a note cuts its duration in half. For example, a quarter note with a flag added to it becomes an eighth note. The number of flags on a note determines its value: one flag denotes an eighth note, two flags equal a sixteenth note, three flags equal a thirty-second note, four flags equal a sixty-fourth note, and five flags equal a one hundred and twenty-eighth note.
The term "Fähnchen" is also mentioned in other sources as a German translation for "flag" in the context of music notation
A German term for flag (plural Fänchen).
In addition, you can familiarize yourself with the terms:
- [English] tail
- [English] flag
- [French] crochet (m)
- [German] Notenfahne (f)
- [German] Fahne (f)
- [Italian] codetta (f)
- [Italian] coda uncinata (f)
- [Italian] bandiera (f)
- [Spanish] corchete (m)
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