A note having the time value of two minims or four crotchets, represented by a ring with no stem. It is the longest note now in common use.
Also called semibreve
Example sentencesExamples
The whole note derives from the semibrevis of mensural notation, and this is the origin of the British name.
Students will first begin by identifying which color M&Ms represent which notes: an eighth note, a quarter note, a half note, and a whole note (the pretzels will be the stems).
The note twice the length of the whole note is the double whole note (or breve).
If the strings were given anything to play besides extended whole notes, I didn't hear it.
For people who might look at the score, with its long held whole notes and wonder where the music is, I can tell you that it is in the living, trembling, vibrating sounds that these dots are converted into performance.
Definition of whole note in US English:
whole note
nounˈhoʊl ˌnoʊtˈhōl ˌnōt
North American Music
A note having the time value of two half notes or four quarter notes, represented by a ring with no stem. It is the longest note now in common use.
Also called semibreve
Example sentencesExamples
If the strings were given anything to play besides extended whole notes, I didn't hear it.
For people who might look at the score, with its long held whole notes and wonder where the music is, I can tell you that it is in the living, trembling, vibrating sounds that these dots are converted into performance.
The note twice the length of the whole note is the double whole note (or breve).
Students will first begin by identifying which color M&Ms represent which notes: an eighth note, a quarter note, a half note, and a whole note (the pretzels will be the stems).
The whole note derives from the semibrevis of mensural notation, and this is the origin of the British name.