Bob Kasenchak <[log in to unmask]> wrote on why a whole note is called a semibreve: >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. Nah! It's 'cos that's as long a note as you could sing wivout having to breeve! Tim M. Refuting solicitations