pausa di semibreve

[Italian, double whole rest] The Italian term for double whole rest. See more about notes and rests in the Appendix.

above [Italian, above] A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition for piano by the performer crossing hands. It also indicates which hand should be crossed above the other.

In music, a double whole note (American), breve, or double note lasts two times as long as a whole note (or semibreve). It is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music notation.

short, brief A breve (/ˈbriːv/, less often /ˈbrɛv/, neuter form of the Latin brevis "short, brief") is the diacritic mark ◌̆, shaped like the bottom half of a circle.

: with medium or half volume. used as a direction in music.

Largo is an Italian tempo marking meaning 'broadly' or, in other words, 'slowly'.

breve noun [C] (PRONUNCIATION) a symbol (˘) written or printed above a vowel to show that it is pronounced with a short sound: The breve indicates a short vowel, as opposed to the macron, which indicates long vowels.

Alla breve [alla ˈbrɛːve] – also known as cut time or cut common time – is a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a C with a vertical line through it), which is the equivalent of 2. 2. . The term is Italian for "on the breve", originally meaning that the beat was counted on the breve.

breve. / (briːv) / noun. an accent, (˘), placed over a vowel to indicate that it is of short duration or is pronounced in a specified way. music a note, now rarely used, equivalent in time value to two semibreves.

People often ask about the difference between mezza voce vs. sotto voce. Sotto voce, which means “under the voice” or “under one's breath," is far quieter and evokes more of a whisper than mezza voce, which is a more dramatic vocal effect.

sotto voce • \sah-toh-VOH-chee\ • adverb or adjective. 1 : under the breath : in an undertone; also : in a private manner 2 : very softly - used as a direction in music.

adverb. /a'dadʒo/ slowly. andare adagio to go slowly.