LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.262 semibreve

## 1.262 semibreve

- US: whole note,
- ES: redonda,
- I: semibreve,
- F: ronde,
- D: Ganze, ganze Note, Semibrevis,
- NL: hele noot,
- DK: helnode,
- S: helnot,
- FI: kokonuotti.

Note value: called whole note in the US.

The semibreve is the basis for the tactus in mensural notation (i.e. music written before ca. 1600).

#### See also

mensural notation, note value.

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