whole note

noun

, Music.

1. a note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes.

whole note

noun

1. 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 Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)semibreve

Word History and Origins

Origin of whole note¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The result has been the tendency of the latter gradually to absorb the whole note-issue.

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If a person is worth inviting at all, it is but proper that a whole note should be inclosed.

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He had whole note-books full of germs and embryos, all neatly arranged in their separate pigeon-holes.

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The quality of tone must be equalized, and each whole note should be 'sung' with a single bowing.

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I then proceeded to read the whole note, wondering, knowing this to be false, wondering why he was saying it.

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