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semibreve

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sem·i·breve  (sm-brv, -brv, sm-)
n. Chiefly British
A whole note in music.

semibreve [ˈsɛmɪˌbriːv]
n
(Music, other) 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 [2]
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Noun1.semibreve - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)semibreve - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
Translations
semibreve [ˈsemɪbriːv] N (Brit) → semibreve f

semibreve semi-breve [ˌsɛmiˈbriːv] n (British) (MUSIC)ronde f
semi-circle semicircle [ˈsɛmisɜːrkəl] ndemi-cercle m
in a semi-circle
We sat in a semi-circle → Nous nous sommes assis en demi-cercle.
semi-circular semicircular [ˌsɛmiˈsɜːrkjʊlər] adjsemi-circulaire

semibreve [ˈsɛmɪˌbriːv] n (Brit) (Mus) → semibreve f

semibreve
n semibreve [ˈsemibriːv]
in music, a note equal in length to two minims. heelnoot نَغْمَه موسيقيَّه طَويلَه цяла нота celá nota helnode ganze Note ολόκληρη νότα (μουσ.) semibreve täisnoot نت گرد در موسيقي kokonuotti ronde תָּו שָׁלֵם अर्धस्वर cijela nota egész hang(jegy) nada 4/4 heilnóta semibreve 全音符 온음표 pilnoji gaida vesela nots semibrif hele noot helnote cała nuta semibreve целая нота celá nota celinka cela nota helnot จังหวะเต็มในดนตรีแสดงในโน้ตเพลงด้วยวงกลมมีรูตรงกลาง tam nota, dörtlük nota 全音符 семібревіс طویل ترین رائج یا معیاری شر nốt tròn ,


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Instead, in the absence of any other early eighteenth-century London productions he gives us an account of Leveridge's Comic Masque of Pyramus and Thisbe with its characters Semibreve, Crotchet, and Gamut discussing the excesses of Italian Opera, possibly further from the text of Shakespeare than any straight-forward translation.
 
 
 
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