whole note in English
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1
a note having the time value of two half notes or four quarter notes, represented by a ring with no stem. It is the longest note now in common use.
For people who might look at the score, with its long held whole notes and wonder where the music is, I can tell you that it is in the living, trembling, vibrating sounds that these dots are converted into performance.
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1. In music, a double whole note (American), Breve (British), or double note is a note lasting two times as long as a whole note (or semiBreve)
2. Entries with "Ant thrush" breve: …double whole note.(legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court
3. A quarter note (American) or Crotchet (British) is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve)