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Note equivalent to four crotchets
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semibreve
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Word definitions for semibreve in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) [syn: whole note ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (qualifier: US)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of semibreve.
The dotted minim value of this corresponds with the semibreve value of the other.
He outlined four single-note signs in music notation the double long, the long, the breve and the semibreve, which were exact multiples of each other.
Its thick blank cream sheets felt comforting between her fingers, all those precise black staves waiting to be marked with bowing and semibreves and dynamics.
The notation was made still more uncertain by the license of the breve in triple time being equal to three semibreves, and so in general each long note in triple measure being equal to three of the next class shorter.
Its thick blank cream sheets felt comforting between her fingers, all those precise black staves waiting to be marked with bowing and semibreves and dynamics.