semibreve BrE
whole note AmE

Ligature forms exist only for the larger note values from the semibreve upwards.

Note values were generally larger than are in use today; the primary unit of beat was the semibreve, or whole note.

The difficulty was compounded in the later half of the 13th century, when the lozenge shape came also to be used for the semibreve.

A semibreve, right.

When an entire bar is devoid of notes, a whole (semibreve) rest is used, regardless of the actual time signature.

Another special form of coloration was that applied to a group of a single semibreve and a following minim, called minor color (ex.

A crotchet or quarter note is a note played for one fourth of a whole note (or semibreve).

Where there is one note (a semibreve) to a bar, all the words for the corresponding part of the text are sung to that one note.

In 1665 he caused every semibreve to be barred in the dance tunes; in 1672 he began engraving on copper plates.

Thus, what was originally the shortest of all note values used, the semibreve, has become the longest note used routinely today, the whole note.

Accordingly, their signs were visually twice or three times the length of a breve rest respectively, while the semibreve rest was half that length.

By the same reckoning, there could be two or three of the next smallest note, the "minim," (equivalent to the modern "half note") to each semibreve.

While this is happening in the right hand, the left hand is doing the same but in reverse, starting with the semibreve and working towards the semiquavers.

A whole note (semibreve) divides into two half notes, a half note into two quarters, etc. and other notes are made by tying these together.

In particular, when the sign was encountered, the tactus (beat) changed from the usual semibreve to the breve, a circumstance called alla breve.

Italian divisiones, first described by Marchetto da Padova, can also allow four minims within a semibreve.

However, the more popular method is to use a slightly simplified rhythm-symbol notation, such as "o" for a semibreve, // for a minim, "/" for a crotchet, "."

One of his most famous comments is that the tactus, the tempo of a semibreve, is equal to the pulse of a man who is breathing quietly-presumably about 72 beats per minute.

The relation between the breve and the semibreve was called tempus, and the relation between the semibreve and the minim was called prolatio.

After the opening semi-quavers, the durations of the notes start to elongate, first to quavers then to dotted quavers, quavers, crotchets, dotted crotchets, minims, dotted minims and finally a semibreve.

The division of the longa into breves was called modus, that of the breve into semibreves was called tempus, and that of the semibreve into minims was known as prolatio.

The Ars nova introduced the shorter note values below the semibreve; it systematicized the relations of perfection and imperfection across all levels down to the minim, and it introduced the devices of proportions and coloration.

Engravers do not work on a whole note design at once.

One had to read the whole note to see that it was more than just a collection of banking instructions.

For example, many second strains utilize more whole notes than the first strain.

Because the whole note said "I love you," didn't it?

The player must click on the scraps of paper to assemble them into a whole note.

Sometimes only one whole note, or a phrase.

For heaven's sake forgive the untidiness of this whole note.

The three cross-beats are shown as whole notes below for visual emphasis.

To this end, he used mixed note values, as opposed to Couperin's whole notes throughout.

The opening chords are whole notes played on electric guitar and bass.

And should a whole note be worth four times as much as a quarter note?

In a whole note, the note head is the only component of the note.

She couldn't have sung "Come to Jesus" in whole notes, or any other way.

Interview at the site "the whole note"

"You don't mind hitting some whole notes, putting on extra vibrato.

Rolls: Diagonal lines across stem (or above whole note).

Karl King's marches, for example, have very clear-cut phrases with said whole notes and pickups.

Even reviews that were not completely positive about the production as a whole noted Skulnik's performance.

For example a synth pad may play whole notes while keyed to a guitar or percussion part.

Note values were generally larger than are in use today; the primary unit of beat was the semibreve, or whole note.

The "o" is represented by a whole note with a fermata over it, indicating a long duration.

The Renaissance melodies were sung with 'whole notes' only, removing the original rhythm from the music.

In practice beginners first learn the most common rhythmic value (8th, quarter, half, and whole notes) and ignore the other possibility.

The score (six pages) only specifies pitches (using whole notes), leaving the durations to the performer.

Every melody starts with a half-note and ends on a breve (also known as double whole note)