semibreve
Origin of semibreve
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How to use semibreve in a sentence
He was thoughtfully painting the face of another semibreve and making it large and black.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresSo much is Don Zuniga, her father, that he does not know a semibreve from a culverin!
A Bold Stroke for a Husband | Hannah CowleyBeginning at the 1st complete bar, and reckoning one step to each semibreve—1.
Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. NaylorThe dotted minim value of this corresponds with the semibreve value of the other.
Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. NaylorThe last note of the exercise, which was printed as a dotted minim, has been changed to a semibreve.
Advice to Singers | Frederick James Crowest
British Dictionary definitions for semibreve
/ (ˈsɛmɪˌbriːv) /
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 name: whole note See also breve (def. 2)
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