whole note

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohl noht]
- /hoʊl noʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohl noht]
- /hoʊl noʊt/

Definitions of whole note words

noun whole note a note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes. 1
noun whole note music 1
countable noun whole note A whole note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two half notes. 0
noun whole note a note, now the longest in common use, having a time value that may be divided by any power of 2 to give all other notes 0
noun whole note a note held for the duration of four beats in common, or 4/4, time 0

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Origin of whole note

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

First recorded in 1590-1600

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whole note

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Whole note

whole note popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

whole note usage trend in Literature

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