whole note
1Whole note — Whole Whole, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. {Hale}, {Hail} to greet, {Heal} to cure …
2whole note — whole notes N COUNT A whole note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two half notes. [AM] (in BRIT, use semibreve) …
3whole note — n. Music a note held for the duration of four beats in common, or 4/4, time: see NOTE …
4whole note — n AmE a musical note which continues for as long as two ↑half notes British Equivalent: semibreve …
5whole note — whole ,note noun count AMERICAN a musical note that has the same value as two HALF NOTES …
6whole note — whole′ note n. mad a musical note equivalent in value to four quarter notes • Etymology: 1590–1600 …
7Whole note — In music, a whole note (American or German terminology) or semibreve (British or classical terminology) is a note represented by a hollow oval note head, like a half note (or minim ), and no note stem (see Figure 1). Its length is typically equal …
8whole note — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms whole note : singular whole note plural whole notes music American a semibreve …
9whole note — noun a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) • Syn: ↑semibreve • Hypernyms: ↑note, ↑musical note, ↑tone …
10whole note — noun Date: 1841 a musical note equal in time value to four quarter notes or two half notes see note illustration …