Editing Double whole note (section)

{{Short description|Musical note duration}}
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[[Image:Breve notation.svg|right|thumb|Left: breve in modern notation. Centre: breve in mensural notation used in some modern scores as well. Right: less common stylistic variant of the first form.]]

In [[music]], a '''double whole note''' (American), '''breve''' (British) or '''double note'''{{sfn|Baker|1895|p=133}}{{sfn|Burrowes|1874|p=41}} 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]].{{sfn|Burrowes|1874|p=41}} The next longest notated note is the [[Longa (music)|''longa'']], which is double the length of the breve. The longest notated note (though now obsolete) is the ''[[Maxima (music)|maxima]]''.