a double whole note (American), breve (British) or double note lasts two times as long as a whole note (or semibreve). It is the second-longest note value...
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notes, it occupies the entire length of a measure in 4 4 time. Other notes are multiples or fractions of the whole note. For example, a double whole note...
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The double dot was first used in 1752 by J. J. Quantz; in music of the 18th century and earlier the amount by which the dot augmented the note varied:...
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Notehead (redirect from Note head (music))
component of the note. Shorter note values attach a stem to the notehead, and possibly beams or flags. The longer double whole note can be written with vertical...
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List of musical symbols (redirect from Notes and rests)
note and rest values have names that indicate their length relative to a whole note. A half note is half the length of a whole note, a quarter note is...
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note a whole tone above C, and is known as Re within the fixed-Do solfege system. Its enharmonic equivalents are C (C-double sharp) and E (E-double flat)...
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Longa (music) (redirect from Quadruple whole note)
note (Am.), or quadruple whole note is a musical note that could be either twice or three times as long as a breve (Am.: double whole note, or double...
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Alla breve (section Notes)
the "beat") is switched from its normal place on the whole note (semibreve) to the double whole note (breve). Early music notation was developed by religious...
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diacritical mark ˘. Breve or Breves may also refer to: Breve (music), or double whole note Breve, a mark used to denote a short syllable in scansion Breve, a...
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Accidental (music) (redirect from Whole accidentals)
natural note but a pitch of equal status." Double flats or sharps lower or raise or the pitch of a note by two semitones. An F double sharp is a whole step...
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