Question

What do you call the Quaver in America?

Answer 1

Answer:

An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve), hence the name. This amounts to twice the value of the sixteenth note (semiquaver). ... It is the equivalent of the fusa in mensural notation (Morehen and Rastell 2001).

Answer 2

An eighth note  or a quaver  is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note , hence the name. This amounts to twice the value of the sixteenth note .