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Whole Note

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Noun

1. semibreve, whole note

a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Whole Note

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noun
US and Canadian
a note, now the longest in common use, having a time value that may be divided by any power of 2 to give all other notes
. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): semibreve

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Whole Note

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Music
a note held for the duration of four beats in common, or 4/4, time

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Whole Note

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n.
Music
A note having the value of four beats in common time.

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