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
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