A whole note (American) or semibreve (British) in musical notation is a single note equivalent to or lasting as long as two half notes or four quarter...

rules as for note values. When an entire bar is devoid of notes, a whole (semibreve) rest is used, regardless of the actual time signature. Historically exceptions...

beat shifted from longa–breve in the 13th century, to breve–semibreve in the 14th, to semibreve–minim by the end of the 15th, and finally to minim–semiminim...

is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve). Its length relative to other rhythmic values is as expected—e.g., half...

musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight...

concept of time signature in modern music. Prolation describes whether a semibreve (whole note) is equal in length to two minims (half notes) (minor prolation...

(British) is a note played for 1⁄32 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). It lasts half as long as a sixteenth note (or semiquaver) and twice...

(British) is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or crotchet). It was given...

to as the "beat") is switched from its normal place on the whole note (semibreve) to the double whole note (breve). Early music notation was developed...

subdivisions could be either 2:1 or 3:1. The relation between the breve and the semibreve was called tempus, and could be perfect (triple 3:1 indicated by circle)...

accents: Longer notated duration of a note, for example, a whole note/semibreve (four beats in common time) among quarter notes/crotchets (each of which...

Valentine Semibreve de Dobrowolski (1847–1896) was a composer, mainly of light music of the Victorian period, including Moonlight & Starlight, words by...

"half note") to each semibreve. These different permutations were called "perfect/imperfect tempus" at the level of the breve–semibreve relationship, "perfect/imperfect...

to use a slightly simplified rhythm-symbol notation, such as "o" for a semibreve, // for a minim, "/" for a crotchet, "." for quavers, and place them above...

(British) or double note lasts two times as long as a whole note (or semibreve). It is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music notation...

How multirests used to be notated (see longa, breve, and semibreve)...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whole may refer to: Whole note, or semibreve Whole step, or major second Whole (Jessa Anderson album) or the title...

(triangular) fermata is set to 1.25 written duration." Thus, a whole note (semibreve) with fermata would last 4+2=6 quarter notes (crochets), 4+3=7 quarter...

Octuple whole note Long / Quadruple whole note Breve / Double whole note Semibreve / Whole note Minim / Half note Crotchet / Quarter note Quaver / Eighth...

"ta-o-o" (dotted half note/minim), and ta-a-a-a or "ta-o-o-o" (whole note (semibreve)).: 159  These syllables are then used when sight-reading or otherwise...

Whole (semibreve) 1 ‒ ‒ ‒ Dotted whole 1 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ Double dotted 1 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ Half (minim) 1 ‒ Dotted half 1 ‒ ‒ Double dotted 1 ‒ ‒ 1 Quarter (crotchet)...

rhythmically lively themes frequent contrasts of sustained semibreve phrases with syncopated semibreve patterns a stomping "trio" section Some distinct rhythmic...

"American" name "British" name double note breve whole note semibreve half note minim quarter note crotchet eighth note quaver sixteenth note semiquaver...

middle eight, and more of a fill towards the end. Guy, I want duck eggs [semibreves] on the end, and Chester, bring in your guitar on the second verse", she...

mensural notation used by renaissance music, the lengthening of a breve, semibreve or minim in particular rhythmic contexts Alteration (crime), in law, an...

little relation to the normal musical value of a note such as a minim or semibreve. Anglican chant was well established by the 18th century. The earliest...

nine times as long as a breve, and 8, 12, 18, or 27 times as long as a semibreve (whole note). Like the stem of the longa, the stem of the maxima generally...

: double whole note, or double note), four or six times as long as a semibreve (Am.: whole note), that appears in early music. The number of breves in...

two slashes, and semiquavers (sixteenth notes) take one. In the case of semibreves (whole notes), which lack stems, the strokes or slashes are drawn above...

3 2 + 1 + ⁠1/2⁠ = ⁠3+1/2⁠ 2 + 1 + ⁠1/2⁠ + ⁠1/4⁠ = ⁠3+3/4⁠ whole note semibreve 1 1 + ⁠1/2⁠ = ⁠1+1/2⁠ 1 + ⁠1/2⁠ + ⁠1/4⁠ = ⁠1+3/4⁠ 1 + ⁠1/2⁠ + ⁠1/4⁠ +...