What is Double whole note?
[[File:Breve notation.svg |right|180px|thumb|Left: breve in modern notation. Centre: breve in mensural notation used in some modern scores as well. Right: less common stylistic variant of the first form.]] A '''double whole note''' (also called a '''breve''') is a [[Musical note|note]] that is double the value of a [[whole note]], which is where it gets its name. In the <math>rac 4 4</math> [[time signature]] it has the value of 8 [[beat (music)|beats]] or two [[measure (music)|measures]]. ==References== *{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Baker|first=Theodore|date=1895|title=Note|encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Greek Words and Phrases|edition=Revised and enlarged third|location=New York|publisher=G. Schirmer}} *{{Cite book|last=Burrowes|first=John Freckleton|year=1874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH1BAQAAMAAJ|title=Piano-forte Primer: Containing the Rudiments of Music Adapted for Either Private Tuition Or Teaching in Classes Together with a Guide to Practice|edition=with important additions by L.H. Southard, revised and modernized new|location=Boston and New York|publisher=Oliver Ditson}} *{{Cite book|last=Gehrkens|first=Karl Wilson|year=1914|title=Music Notation and Terminology|url=https://archive.org/details/musicnotationan00gehrgoog|location=New York / Chicago|publisher=The A.S. Barnes Co. / Laidlaw Brothers}} *{{Cite book|last1=Gerou|first1=Tom|first2=Linda|last2=Lusk|year=1996|title=Essential Dictionary of Music Notation|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialdiction0000gero|series=Essential Dictionary Series|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=0-88284-730-9}} *{{Cite book|last=Hoppin|first=Richard H.|year=1978|title=Medieval Music|url=https://archive.org/details/medievalmusic00hopp|publisher=W W Norton & Company|isbn=0-393-09090-6}} *{{Cite book|last=Jacob|first=Archibald|year=1960|title=Musical Handwriting: Or, How to Put Music on Paper, A Handbook for All Musicians, Professional and Amateur|e