Talk:Whole note
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Its length is equal to four beats in 4/4 time, or more generally, the bottom number of the time signature if >= the top number.
- What does this mean? A whole note is always equal to one "note", whether it's 4 quarter notes, 8 eighth notes, etc., but what does "if >= top number" mean?? Revolver 23:41, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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- Who knows, it was added by User:128.196.210.172. However the whole note is often used to indicate a note last an entire measure, even if the measure is not a whole note long. According to 128.196.210.172, this is only done if some(?) condition is met.Hyacinth 23:49, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Hmmm...I'm sure I'm performed pieces with this kind of thing, but don't have photographic memory. Certainly, this is okay is "notes/bar" is ≤ 1, but generally if say, 3/2, this is given as dotted whole. (Maybe this is what the contributor meant.) I forget what on earth would be used for a note lasting duration of a 7/4 bar. Revolver 00:07, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- A whole note couldn't be used for a measure in 3/2 or such because it would be unclear whether it was then an entire measure, or the standard length (4 quarter notes, or whatever). I think this is what was originally meant. And for 7/4, a double-dotted whole note could be used for the entire measure Mairi 05:00, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- In 4/4 time, a breve is worth four beats, however it is also used in 3/4 time as a three beat note. I don't know why this is, but it's what I was taught when I was studying music. The original statement is nonsense, as were the bottom number greater than the top, eg. 2/4, it could not represent four beats, as then the bar line would fall in the middle of the note - instead the note would be written as two tied minims. JiMternet 22:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- A whole note couldn't be used for a measure in 3/2 or such because it would be unclear whether it was then an entire measure, or the standard length (4 quarter notes, or whatever). I think this is what was originally meant. And for 7/4, a double-dotted whole note could be used for the entire measure Mairi 05:00, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- To add even more confusion the term "whole note" is actually half a breve, thus the word semibreve.
- How is that confusing? — Mütze 12:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Why is this at Whole Note, not Semibreve, which is the correct term for it?
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[edit] Note length
Shouldn't the article say how the whole note can cover the entire measure for other time signatures (not 5/4, I know it's already in there)? I know that the whole note can be equal to a few other amounts of time. 99.254.204.28 (talk) 23:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
