- 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...
- on the
level of
breves and
semibreves whenever the
piece was in
tempus perfectum, and it
could happen between semibreves and
minims if the
piece was...
-
semibreve. For instance,
octonaria and
duodenaria place eight and
twelve minims in a
breve respectively,
divided into two or
three 'major'
semibreves...
-
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...
-
contained three semibreves.
Sometimes the
context of the mode
would require a
group of only two
semibreves, however,
these two
semibreves would always be...
- (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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
