whole note
noun
: a musical note equal in time value to four quarter notes or two half notes see note illustration
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So fewer 16th notes, fewer eighth notes, and fewer 32nd notes — a lot of, like, whole notes and quarter notes just to let that thing sing.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
And even if the clear answer is Mantle, there’s a Cooperstown theme running through this whole note!
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Remember that sforzando on the whole note attached to the eighth must be strict.
—Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
However, the music that I was handed was always a keyboard lead sheet or keyboard part, mostly whole note and half-note chords, big beautiful ones, and some key figures here and there.
—Ron Hart, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2017
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
And even if the clear answer is Mantle, there’s a Cooperstown theme running through this whole note!
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Remember that sforzando on the whole note attached to the eighth must be strict.
—Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
However, the music that I was handed was always a keyboard lead sheet or keyboard part, mostly whole note and half-note chords, big beautiful ones, and some key figures here and there.
—Ron Hart, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2017
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“Whole note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20note. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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