Definition of semibreve in English:
semibreve
noun ˈsɛmɪbriːvˈsɛmiˌbriv
British Music A note having the time value of two minims or four crotchets, represented by a ring with no stem. It is the longest note now in common use.
Also called whole note
Example sentencesExamples
- The cantus firmus is sounded in semibreves in the middle of the three voices.
- For the first time the minim is now fully accepted as a note-value in its own right rather than as a special kind of semibreve.
- The theme, an eight-bar structure of stentorian semibreve piano chords, receives six doggedly unvaried statements.