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1.270 semibreve
- US: whole note,
- ES: redonda,
- I: semibreve,
- F: ronde,
- D: Ganze, ganze Note, Semibrevis,
- NL: hele noot,
- DK: helnode,
- S: helnot,
- FI: kokonuotti.
Note value: called whole note in the US.
The semibreve is the basis for the tactus in mensural notation (i.e., music written before ca. 1600).