DOUBLEWHOLENOTE

Double whole note

In music, a double whole note, breve, or double note is a note lasting two times as long as a whole note . In medieval mensural notation, the brevis was one of the shortest note lengths . In "perfect" rhythmic mode, the brevis was a third of a longa, or in "imperfect" mode half a longa . However, in modern music notation it is the longest note value still in common use .

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double whole note

Noun

  1. a note with twice the value of a whole note


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