LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.42 breve

## 1.42 breve

- US: breve, double-whole note
- ES: cuadrada, breve
- I: breve
- F: brève
- D: Brevis
- NL: brevis
- DK: brevis
- S: brevis
- FI: brevis, kaksoiskokonuotti

Note value: twice the length of a whole note (semibreve).

Mainly used in music from before 1650. In mensural notation, it was a note of fairly short duration—hence the name, which is Latin for ‘short’ or ‘of short duration’.

#### See also

mensural notation, note value, semibreve.

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