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buckwheat note

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buckwheat note

–noun
shape note.

Origin:
1850–55; prob. so called because of the note's fancied resemblance to buckwheat kernels

shape note

–noun
a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
Also called buckwheat note.


Origin:
1930–35, Americanism
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