Bp. Burnet.
5. (Mus.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering
to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [&?;] has the value of two
eighth notes [&?;].
6. In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its
relation to other parts and to the whole; — often used in the plural;
as, the values are well given, or well maintained.