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music-glossary: breve

 
 1.42 breve
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    • US: breve, double-whole note
    • ES: cuadrada, breve
    • I: breve
    • F: brève
    • D: Brevis
    • NL: brevis
    • DK: brevis
    • S: brevis
    • FI: brevis, kaksoiskokonuotti
 
    Note value: twice the length of a whole note (semibreve).
 
    Mainly used in music from before 1650.  In mensural notation, it was
 a note of fairly short duration—hence the name, which is Latin for
 ‘short’ or ‘of short duration’.
 
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 See also
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    mensural notation, note value, semibreve.
 

Info Catalog music-glossary: breath mark music-glossary: Musical terms A-Z music-glossary: C