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Breve rest. A related symbol is the double whole rest (double rest or breve rest), which usually denotes a silence for the same duration. [2] [8]) Double whole rests are drawn as filled-in rectangles occupying the whole vertical space between the second and third lines from the top of the musical staff.
Noteheads may be the same shape but colored completely black or white, indicating the note value (i.e., rhythmic duration). In a whole note, the notehead, shaped differently than shorter notes, is the only component of the note. Shorter note values attach a stem to the notehead, and possibly beams or flags.
Variants of the breve. The first two are commonly used; the third is a stylistic alternative. The breve appears in several different versions. Sometimes the longa or breve is used to indicate a very long note of indefinite duration, as at the end of a piece (e.g. at the end of Mozart's Mass KV 192).
The system of note types used in mensural notation closely corresponds to the modern system. The mensural brevis is nominally the ancestor of the modern double whole note (breve); likewise, the semibrevis corresponds to the whole note (semibreve), the minima to the half note (minim), the semiminima to the quarter note (crotchet), and the fusa to the eighth note (quaver).
Harmonic flat Lowers the pitch of a note to a pitch matching the indicated number in the harmonic series of the root (bottom) of the chord. The diagram shows a specific example, the septimal flat , in the context of a septimal minor third , in which the E ♭ is tuned exactly to a 7:6 frequency ratio with the root (C).
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The British term is taken from Italian semibreve, itself built upon Latin semi-"half" and brevis "short." The American whole note is a calque of the German ganze Note.Some languages derive the name of the note from its round shape, such as Catalan rodona, French ronde, and Spanish redonda.