breves
Longest standard notes
Breves is the plural of breve, a diacritical mark (˘) placed over a vowel to indicate it is short or unstressed: The breves in the dictionary showed which syllables were clipped.
In music, a breve is a note equal to two whole notes—rarely used in modern notation.
The term comes from Latin for "short."
Longest standard musical duration
- half noteTwo-beat musical symbol
- semibreveNote lasting four beats
- minimSmallest apothecary volume
- cut time2/2 time signature
duration · rest · dotted note · sustained · held · tempo · measure · bar
Brief vocalic phoneme
- quantityMeasurable amount present
- lengthMeasure of extent
- durationLength of existence
- LatinAncient Roman language
prosody · scansion · meter · syllable · long vowel · diacritical mark · phonology · classical languages
whole note
Longest standard musical duration
cut time · duration · rest · dotted note · sustained · held · tempo · measure · bar · conductor
short vowel
Brief vocalic phoneme
Latin · prosody · scansion · meter · syllable · long vowel · diacritical mark · phonology · classical languages · Greek
apostolic
Of the first disciples
letter · edict · proclamation · official · ecclesiastical · medieval · Vatican · seal · Latin · charter
espresso
Concentrated pressurized brew
- cortadoEspresso tempered with milk
- latteEspresso with steamed milk
- cappuccinoEspresso with frothed milk
milk · steamed · foam · barista · café · Italian · shot · double · ristretto · Starbucks
brevessemiquavers
Very short musical notes
thirty-second notes · sixteenth notes · quavers · eighth notes · crotchets