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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...