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...ed a '''semibreve''') is a [[Musical note|note]] that is used in [[musical notation]]. This note has a value of four [[beat (music)|beats]] in <math>\frac 4 4< ...

...(also called a '''quaver''') is a [[musical note|note]] used in [[musical notation]]. It is {{frac|8}} the duration of a [[whole note]] (semibreve), which is ...

...ight|180px|thumb|Left: breve in modern notation. Centre: breve in mensural notation used in some modern scores as well. Right: less common stylistic variant of A '''double whole note''' (also called a '''breve''') is a [[Musical note|note]] that is double the value of a [[whole note]], which is where it ...

...llonga note.PNG|right|thumb|150px|A quadruple whole note in white-mensural notation.]] ...'' (also called a '''longa''', '''long''', or '''quadruple note''') is a [[musical note|note]] that is 4 times the value of a [[whole note]] which is where it ...

...}} of a [[beat (music)|beat]]. It is the shortest common note in [[musical notation]] ...eference=Gerou, Tom, and Linda Lusk. 1996. ''Essential Dictionary of Music Notation''. Los Angeles: Alfred Pub. Co. {{ISBN|978-0-88284-730-6}}}} ...

[[File:Music-octwholerest.svg|thumb|180px|Notation for a rest of the value of a octuple whole note. It has the width of a [[wh ...'' (also called a '''maxima''', '''duplex longa''', or '''larga''') is a [[musical note|note]] that has a value of 8 times a [[whole note]], which is where it ...

...y beamed in groups.<ref>Gerou, Tom (1996). ''Essential Dictionary of Music Notation'', p.211. Alfred. {{ISBN|0-88284-730-9}}</ref> In the <math>\frac 4 4</math ...

...music used to be a very important part of the art of singing or playing a musical instrument. ...sic from these older periods, to know as much as possible about historical musical styles. Sometimes we have to make guesses about what a composer might have ...

A '''sixteenth note''' (also called a '''semiquaver''') is a [[musical note|note]] that has a value of {{frac|16}} of a [[whole note]], which is h ...|Gerou|1996}}|reference=Gerou, Tom (1996). ''Essential Dictionary of Music Notation''. Alfred. {{ISBN|0-88284-730-9}}}} ...

...iquaver+Miller+Contemporary+Orchestration&tbm=bks [mb] -->}}</ref>) is a [[Musical note|note]] played for {{frac|128}} of the duration of a [[whole note]] whi ...

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In [[music notation]], a '''note value''' is the amount of time of a [[Note (music)|note]]. A n ...mpany, 1896).</ref><ref name="Baker131" >Theodore Baker, ''A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin, ...

* [[Interval (music)|Musical intervals]] are measured logarithmically as [[semitone]]s. The interval bet ...guage=en-US}}</ref> (and usually mention it on preface pages), though this notation is incorrect. ...