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noun
1.
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
2.
a daydream.
3.
a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea: reveries that will never come to fruition.
4.
Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character.
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Reverie
is always a great word to know.
So is whole note. Does it mean:
| quarter rest that is lengthened by a dot |
| note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes |
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Word Origin & History
reverie
mid-14c., "wild conduct, frolic," from O.Fr. reverie "revelry, raving, delirium," from resver "to dream, wander, rave," of uncertain origin (also the root of rave). Meaning "daydream" is first attested 1650s. As a type of musical composition, it is attested from 1880.
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