English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Whole note /həʊl nəʊt/ (n)
a note of four beats long; a note lasting for a whole measure (bar) with a
time signature of four/four; a semibreve


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Whole rest /həʊl rɛst/ (n)
a silence of four beats; equivalent rest for the whole note


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Woodwind /'wʊdwɪnd/ (n)
wind instruments (mostly) originally made of wood (flute, clarinet, oboe,
bassoon, etc.); the section of an orchestra playing such instruments

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