semibreve

• That is, during each batch of 4 steps, the dancers change places one with another, so that if there are three dancers, A, B, C, in the first 4 steps, B and A change places, and make B, A, C; in the next 4 steps, C and A change places, and make B, C, A, etc Here is the tune and the formula of steps THE HAYE Music Beginning at the 1st complete bar, and reckoning one step to each semibreve--1. —  Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries
• A native harpist adds the music of his many strings; and not bad music either, though he does not know a quaver from a semibreve, and his harp is of his own manufacture. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
• Beginning at the 1st complete bar, and reckoning one step to each semibreve -- 1. —  Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries
• The dotted minim value of this corresponds with the semibreve value of the other. —  Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries
• The quotient will be 12 francs for each bar, or the proportions will be as follows: -- For a semibreve, 12f.; a minim —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms