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1.40 breve

ES: cuadrada, breve, I: breve, F: brève, D: Brevis, NL: brevis, DK: brevis, S: brevis, FI: brevis, kaksoiskokonuotti.

Note value twice as long as a whole note. Mainly used in pre-1650 music. The shortest note value generally used in white mensural notation, hence the name, which originally meant ‘of short duration’.

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See also

mensural notation, note value.

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