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What is a semibreve?

What is a semibreve? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (music) A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US)
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In musical notation, how many semiquavers are there in a semibreve?
Rests are named according to their duration, so you will find a semibreve rest, a minim rest and so on.
For example, the addition of a stem carries no essential meaning that requires a minim to last half as long as a semibreve, but convention dictates it.
The relationship between the semibreve and the minim is exactly the same as that accorded to the breve and semibreve.
There was also a semibreve, a diamond-shaped note which was used when two or more tones were sung to one syllable.
In addition, both Tant fuz and Ma plus amee feature the rhythmic signature of dotted semibreve followed by two semi-minims, and have very limited syncopation.

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