Klarinet Archive - Posting 000274.txt from 2000/10

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] how long does a note last?
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:30:38 -0400

>From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> <><> Peter Jaques wrote:
>anyone know why the word "breve" ("brief" in french, though you probably
>knew that) is used for the longest note value?
>
> Originally (13th century according to my music dictionary), it
>*was* a short note; but then shorter notes were needed and the longer
>ones (longer than 'breve') were forgotten.
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A longer note than the breve (or brevis) was, of course, the longa (or
long). Really. In Mensural Notation.

Mark C.

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