Definition of Semibreve. Meaning of Semibreve. Synonyms of Semibreve

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Definition of Semibreve

Semibreve
Semibreve Sem"i*breve`, n. [Pref. semi- + breve: cf. F. semi-breve, It. semibreve.] [Formerly written semibref.] (Mus.) A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use.

Meaning of Semibreve from wikipedia

- 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...
- musical note pla**** 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...
- is a musical note pla**** for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve). Its length relative to other rhythmic values is as expected—e.g., half...
- 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...
- (British) is a note pla**** 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...
- medieval and Renaissance music. The term is used to the division of the semibreve, and corresponds roughly to the concept of time signature in modern music...
- (British) is a note pla**** 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...