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semibreve
[ sem-ee-breev, -brev, sem-ahy- ]
semibreve
/ ˈsɛmɪˌbriːv /
noun
- music a note, now the longest in common use, having a time value that may be divided by any power of 2 to give all other notes Usual US and Canadian namewhole note See also breve
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Word History and Origins
Origin of semibreve1
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Example Sentences
He was thoughtfully painting the face of another semibreve and making it large and black.
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So much is Don Zuniga, her father, that he does not know a semibreve from a culverin!
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Beginning at the 1st complete bar, and reckoning one step to each semibreve—1.
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The dotted minim value of this corresponds with the semibreve value of the other.
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The last note of the exercise, which was printed as a dotted minim, has been changed to a semibreve.
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