semibreve
Four-beat musical symbol
A semibreve is a musical note with the longest duration in common use, equal to four beats in 4/4 time.
The term is standard in British musical notation; Americans call the same note a whole note.
The passage ends on a semibreve.
Longest standard musical duration
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- clefStaff pitch indicator
- trebleHigh frequency range
- bassDeep pitch or fish
ledger line · bar · measure · rest · sharp · flat · natural · key signature
Kept up continuously
pulse · tempo · metronome · note value · tied · fermata · pause · common time
Smallest apothecary volume
- crotchetOne-beat musical note
- quaverUnsteady vocal sound
- semiquaverVery short musical note
- dotted noteTone extended by half
rest · syncopation · subdivision · duration · triplet · duplet
whole note
Longest standard musical duration
bass · ledger line · bar · measure · rest · sharp · flat · natural · key signature · time signature
sustained
Kept up continuously
count · pulse · tempo · metronome · note value · tied · fermata · pause · common time · 4/4
minim
Smallest apothecary volume
- crotchetOne-beat musical note
- quaverUnsteady vocal sound
- semiquaverVery short musical note
dotted note · rest · syncopation · subdivision · duration · triplet · duplet
- Semi- wordssemicircle, semifinal, semicolon, semiconductor, semitruck
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff
- musical notationforte, score, piano, sheet music, notation
- Neumespunctum, virga, trigon, liquescent, mora
semibrevesemiquaver
Very short musical note
quaver · sixteenth note · thirty-second note · sixty-fourth note · crotchet
brief, semi, abbreviate, brevity, breve