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Meaning of "whole note" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHOLE NOTE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHOLE NOTE

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Whole note is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHOLE NOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Whole note

In music, a whole note or semibreve is a note represented by a hollow oval note head, like a half note, and no note stem. Its length is equal to four beats in 4/4 time. Most other notes are fractions of the whole note; half notes are played for one half the duration of the whole note, quarter notes are each played for one quarter the duration, etc. A whole note lasts half as long as a double whole note. A related symbol is the whole rest, which usually denotes a silence for the same duration. Whole rests are drawn as filled-in rectangles hanging under the second line from the top of a musical staff.

Definition of whole note in the English dictionary

The definition of whole note in the dictionary is a note, now the longest in common use, having a time value that may be divided by any power of 2 to give all other notes Also called : semibreve.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHOLE NOTE

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whole-wheat
wholefood
wholefoods
wholegrain
wholegrains
wholehearted
wholeheartedly
wholeheartedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHOLE NOTE

advice note
blue note
consignment note
cover note
credit note
currency note
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eighth note
fit note
gold note
grace note
liner note
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pound note
promissory note
quarter note
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Synonyms and antonyms of whole note in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «whole note» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHOLE NOTE

Find out the translation of whole note to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whole note from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whole note» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全音符
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nota completa
570 millions of speakers

English

whole note
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूरे नोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مذكرة كاملة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

целая нота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semibreve
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরো নোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

une ronde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nota keseluruhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ganze Note
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全音符
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전체 노트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabeh cathetan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toàn bộ lưu ý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முழு குறிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संपूर्ण नोट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bütün not
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nota intera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cała uwaga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ціла нота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nota întreg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ολόκληρο το σημείωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hele noot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

helnot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hele notatet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whole note

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOLE NOTE»

The term «whole note» is regularly used and occupies the 101.697 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOLE NOTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whole note» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whole note» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whole note

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHOLE NOTE»

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
Whole note o Half notes J Quarter notes J J J Eighth notes r~3 Sixteenth notes The most common rhythmic notes — each smaller note is exactly half the previous note. The most basic note is called the whole note, which is called a whole note ...
Michael Miller, 2005
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How to Read Music: Reading Music Made Simple
Reading Music Made Simple Terry Burrows. WHOLE-NOTE BAR (FOUR BEATS) HALF-NOTE BAR (TWO BEATS) /rs QUARTER-NOTE BAR (ONE BEAT) EIGHT- NOTE BAR (HALF BEATS) ONE. NOTE VALUES All of the examples you have ...
Terry Burrows, 1999
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums
Since the whole note is the largest note, let's go down one size and look at the next smallest note. Remember that I said each shorter note is exactly half of the previous note? Let's apply a little math and divide a whole note by two to see what ...
Michael Miller, 2003
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Music Math: Exploring Different Interpretations of Fractions
Note. Values. Each note in a song is like a number or a fraction. The "largest" note is the whole note. You might think of a whole note as the number 1 . A whole note looks like a hollow circle. Whole notes can be broken down into smaller notes ...
Kathleen Collins, 2004
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An Old English Christmas for Hammered Dulcimer
(D Time Signature - The top number of the time signature represents the number of beats in each measure or set; the bottom number represents the value of the whole note in that particular piece. C (common time) is the same as 4/4 time.
Linda G. Thomas, 2012
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The University course of music study, piano series: a ...
a standardized text-work on music for conservatories, colleges, private teachers and schools; a scientific basis for the granting of school credit for music study ... I' M A WHOLE NOTE Hark! do not wor - ry; Count four whole counts for me.
‎1920
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Mahler's Fourth Symphony
Flute replace whole note with dotted half note followed by quarter rest in 2. Flute replace whole note with dotted half note followed by quarter rest 1 1 1 1.2. Clarinets replace whole note with dotted half note followed by quarter rest in Double ...
James L. Zychowicz, 2005
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Violin For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Whole. notes. A whole note is a note in its most basic form: It's made up of just the head of the note, with no stem or tail. A whole note is oval-shaped and hollow (it's not inked in), and it looks kind of like an eye, peering at you from the staff ...
Katharine Rapoport, 2012
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Secular Pieces: Secular Pieces
Mm. 51ff, add to В quarter (G), dotted-quarter (c), eighth (d), quarter (e) tied over barline to eighth (e), eighth (d), half (c), eighth (B), eighth (A), barline, double whole-note (G) in Verona. Lenchioza mia (See No. 26.) Les bien amore (See No. 6.) ...
Johannes Martini, Edward G. Evans, Jr., 1975
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Notes for Strings for Cello
WHOLE NOTE This is the largest note and it also gets the most time. It is hollow and has no stem. Usually it takes up a WHOLE measure by itself. QUARTER NOTE It has a stem like a half note but its head is not hollow. It receives one- fourth (a ...
George Zepp, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHOLE NOTE»

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Engineer adds taste when taking out the gluten
Stephen Morris, Whole Note Food Company founder Paul Morris and his wife Bonnie Morris pose for a portrait at a Whole Foods store in Katy Wednesday May ... «Houston Chronicle, May 15»
2
A musical boost: Miami Choral Academy students improve socially …
He used to be shy, said Christopher Ovid, an eighth-grader at Linda Lentin K-8, ... “There's a whole note that's four [beats], and a half note that's two,” Hazell said. «MiamiHerald.com, Feb 15»
3
Monica Lewinsky's First Big Speech: Shaming the Internet into …
But Lewinsky is quick to add a note of contrition — not a whole note, but perhaps a quarter note. Now, I deeply regret it for many reasons, not the least of which is ... «PJ Media, Oct 14»
4
'Awful' Woman in Epic Airplane Note-Passing Battle Identified -- It's …
The empty chair is code that Diane (“Diana” was a typo) does not exist; Gale made up the whole note-passing battle on Twitter. He had even gone to the trouble ... «TheBlaze.com, Dec 13»
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Galaxy Note 3 Will Have Two New Low Cost Versions This Fall
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is going to be available for everybody to buy if we take ... as it could have been a bad image situation for the whole Note line products. «Android Geeks, Sep 13»
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Samsung's $399, 16GB Galaxy Note 8.0 Will Launch In The US On …
After showing off the international version of its pint-sized Galaxy Note 8.0 back ... the 10.1-inch version felt like the perfect size to show off what the whole Note ... «TechCrunch, Apr 13»
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Whole Note Acres lunches coming to a close
It's about a Pasco County institution, the 50-seat luncheon place named Whole Note Acres. The restaurant is one of eight round structures on the south side of ... «Tampabay.com, Nov 12»
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: The Stylus Just Got Real [REVIEW]
And it's a stylus that's actually useful for certain tasks, like writing notes, ... This is Samsung's note-taking app, ostensibly the whole Note line's raison d'être. «Mashable, Aug 12»
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Guitar 101: Mastering Rhythm and Syncopation, Part 1 — Whole
A measure of 4/4 time can contain one whole note, two half notes, four quarter notes or any combination of quarter notes and half notes that adds up to four ... «Guitar World Magazine, May 11»
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Problem Number 32 Leads to Universal Consciousness …
Problem Number 32 Leads to Universal Consciousness Representing the 1/32nd Part of a Whole Note of Music. By Mother Tynnetta Muhammad | Last updated: ... «FinalCall.com News, Jun 10»

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