What is the short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc called?
stem — (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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