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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