semibreve
/ˈsɛmɪbriːv/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɛmɪbriːv/
semibreve
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
se - mib - reve -> semibreve
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘The cantus firmus is sounded in semibreves in the middle of the three voices.’
- ‘For the first time the minim is now fully accepted as a note-value in its own right rather than as a special kind of semibreve.’
- ‘The theme, an eight-bar structure of stentorian semibreve piano chords, receives six doggedly unvaried statements.’
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