ALLA BREVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alla breve mean? 

• ALLA BREVE (noun)
  The noun ALLA BREVE has 1 sense:

1. a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure

  Familiarity information: ALLA BREVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLA BREVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("alla breve" is a kind of...):

musical time signature; time signature (a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat)