Breve Twice a whole note (or semibreve.) The breve is the longest note. It is not often found except in church music.
Mode A scale pattern consisting of set intervals of whole and half steps. The primary modes are Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian, Locrian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Phrygian.
Semibreve Americans use 'whole note'.
Tacet 'Be silent', or 'It is silent.' This term is used chiefly as a direction-- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole section.
Tetrachord The difference in sound between a tone and a semitone is vitally important in music. A good way to practise hearing the difference is to begin on the A above middle C and then sing or play a whole tone down to G, another whole tone down to F and a semitone down to E. This pattern is called a tetrachord. The same pattern of two descending tones followed by a semitone can be begun on E, going down to B.
Time Values Crotchet : Americans use 'quarter note '. Minum : Americans use 'half note '.
Crotchets and minums have their stems going upwards on the right of the note when the pitch is below the middle line of the stave, and downwards on the left for notes that are above the middle line. Semibreve : Americans use 'whole note'.
The semibreve lasts as long as two minums or four crotchets. Quaver : Americans use eighth note
a note that is half as long as a quarter note. There are eight eighth notes to a whole note. A single eighth note is written with the tail to the right of the stem, whether the stem goes up or down. Two eighth notes together have their tails joined.
