Jon Johanning wrote: >Bob K. wrote: > >>IIRC (I mean it this time!) there used to be a 'breve', which was twice the >>length of a whole note and looks something like a whole note with vertical >>lines on either side of it. > >You're right. Nowdays it's only seen in scores of *very* early music. And Hymn books which often have 3/2 and 4/2 time signatures. David Stewart [log in to unmask]