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--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, steve parker <swimorsync@n...> wrote:
> hi teddy.
> a breve is the note the length of two whole notes (or semibreves).
> leon's definition even of "2 because the breve is divided by 2" should 
> actually be "2 because the semibreve is divided by 2"
> this still makes no more mathematical sense than saying....
> "the bottom number is 2 because the *breve* is divided by 4"
> or
> "the bottom number is 2 because the crotchet is doubled by 2"
> 
> these relationships in a piece of music have to be defined to be true 
> (crotchet = quaver, or crotchet = crotchet...whatever).
> 
> 
> steve parker


breve is my short for semibreve. sorry

leon