1. Tempus similarly describes the relationship between the breve and semibreve . 2. Semibreves highlighted in blue, breves in red, longae in green.3. Ligature forms exist only for the larger note values from the semibreve upwards. 4. Petrus is credited with the innovation of writing more than three semibreves to fit the length of a breve. 5. In 1665 he caused every semibreve to be barred in the dance tunes; in 1672 he began engraving on copper plates. 6. Italian " divisiones ", first described by Marchetto da Padova, can also allow four minims within a semibreve . 7. Pratt recalled that after the semibreves ] on the end, and Chester, bring in your guitar on the second verse ." 8. In addition to sequences of longa and breve, ligatures could also contain pairs of semibreves ( but not normally a single one ). 9. By the 16th century, the tactus was generally two semibreves per breve, with three per breve used for special effects and climactic sections. 10. Older music might be diminished by a factor of 4 ( rendering semibreves as crotchets ) or sometimes 8 ( rendering breves as crotchets ).
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