diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 1c132756..9c22789e 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -916,8 +916,10 @@ fn chunks_for_segments(
         .filter_map(|seg| {
             let sub = slice::extract_bars(score, seg.clone());
             // Stay on the detected track: a segment silent there is a phrase
-            // rest, not a cue to measure a different part.
-            if primary_voice_note_count(sub.tracks.get(track)?) == 0 {
+            // rest, not a cue to measure a different part. Trivial fragments
+            // (one-bar cuts, a lone note) are dropped the same way (#76).
+            let notes = primary_voice_note_count(sub.tracks.get(track)?);
+            if split::is_trivial_phrase(seg.end.saturating_sub(seg.start), notes) {
                 return None;
             }
             Some((seg.start, seg.end, sub))
diff --git a/core/src/split.rs b/core/src/split.rs
index 3ccf6e75..78935a94 100644
--- a/core/src/split.rs
+++ b/core/src/split.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ use crate::score::MasterBar;
 /// ordinary 4–16-bar ones whole — a sensible default, not a tuned constant.
 pub const MAX_PHRASE_BARS: usize = 16;
 
+/// Minimum bars a kept phrase must span; shorter segments are dropped as trivial
+/// (#76) — a stray one-bar cut is not a phrase worth curating.
+pub const MIN_PHRASE_BARS: usize = 2;
+
+/// Minimum notes a kept phrase must carry; sparser segments are dropped as
+/// trivial (#76) — a lone note over silence is not a phrase.
+pub const MIN_PHRASE_NOTES: usize = 2;
+
 /// Partitions `master_bars` into contiguous bar ranges cut at `cut_ticks`.
 ///
 /// Each cut tick is snapped to the bar that contains it; a cut at bar 0 (or the
@@ -77,6 +85,18 @@ pub fn cap_segment_bars(segments: &[Range<usize>], max_bars: usize) -> Vec<Range
     out
 }
 
+/// Whether a phrase segment is too trivial to keep for curation (#76).
+///
+/// Trivial means spanning fewer than [`MIN_PHRASE_BARS`] bars (a stray one-bar
+/// cut — what catches a lone chord stab or two alternating notes) or carrying
+/// fewer than [`MIN_PHRASE_NOTES`] notes (a single note over an empty span).
+/// Curation drops these just as it drops fully-silent segments — a phrase with
+/// no notes is trivial on both counts.
+#[must_use]
+pub const fn is_trivial_phrase(bars: usize, notes: usize) -> bool {
+    bars < MIN_PHRASE_BARS || notes < MIN_PHRASE_NOTES
+}
+
 /// Index of the bar whose half-open tick range contains `tick`.
 fn bar_containing(master_bars: &[MasterBar], tick: u32) -> Option<usize> {
     master_bars
@@ -92,7 +112,7 @@ mod tests {
         clippy::single_range_in_vec_init
     )]
 
-    use super::{bar_segments, cap_segment_bars};
+    use super::{bar_segments, cap_segment_bars, is_trivial_phrase};
     use crate::event::{Tempo, Ticks, TimeSignature};
     use crate::score::{MasterBar, RepeatMarker};
     use crate::slice::TickRange;
@@ -169,4 +189,21 @@ mod tests {
             vec![0..4, 4..20, 20..36, 36..40]
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trivial_phrases_are_short_or_sparse() {
+        // Dropped: too few bars (a stray one-bar cut), even when note-rich.
+        assert!(is_trivial_phrase(1, 50));
+        // Dropped: too few notes (a lone note over an otherwise empty span).
+        assert!(is_trivial_phrase(8, 1));
+        // Dropped: fully silent is trivial on both counts.
+        assert!(is_trivial_phrase(4, 0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn substantial_phrases_are_kept() {
+        // Kept: meets both thresholds (>= 2 bars and >= 2 notes) at the boundary.
+        assert!(!is_trivial_phrase(2, 2));
+        assert!(!is_trivial_phrase(9, 47));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index 7b8b1b40..e5e720bb 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use griff_core::score::{
     AtomEvent, EventGroup, EventGroupKind, LossReport, MasterBar, RepeatMarker, Score, Track, Voice,
 };
 use griff_core::slice::{extract_bars, TickRange};
-use griff_core::split::{bar_segments, cap_segment_bars, MAX_PHRASE_BARS};
+use griff_core::split::{bar_segments, cap_segment_bars, is_trivial_phrase, MAX_PHRASE_BARS};
 
 use griff_core::boundary::{self, BoundaryConfig};
 use griff_core::corpus::{
@@ -692,13 +692,15 @@ fn split_segments_to_json(
     created_at: &str,
     updated_at: &str,
 ) -> String {
-    // Slice each segment; keep only those where the detected track sounds.
+    // Slice each segment; drop phrase rests (silent on the detected track) and
+    // trivial fragments (one-bar cuts, a lone note) the same way (#76).
     let kept: Vec<(usize, usize, Score)> = segments
         .iter()
         .filter_map(|seg| {
             let sub = extract_bars(score, seg.clone());
+            let bars = seg.end.saturating_sub(seg.start);
             match sub.tracks.get(track_index) {
-                Some(t) if note_count(t) > 0 => Some((seg.start, seg.end, sub)),
+                Some(t) if !is_trivial_phrase(bars, note_count(t)) => Some((seg.start, seg.end, sub)),
                 _ => None,
             }
         })