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In old Scots law, a breve is a short, compendious writ issued from the crown to a judge, ordering him to try by jury the points outlined in the writ. Procedure by breve was introduced into Scotland by James I upon the model of the system in vogue in England.
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The biceps brachii (biceps flexor cubiti) is a two-headed arm muscle that consists of the long head (caput longum), and the short head (caput breve). The long head originates from the supraglenoid tuberosity of the scapula and the short head originates from the coracoid process. The muscle extends from the shoulder to the elbow where the biceps tapers into a flat, strong tendon that inserts in the tuberosity on the upper end of the radius. It is innervated by the musculocutaneous nerves (5th and 6th crevical nerves) and is supplied by branches of the brachial artery. This muscle is the main flexor of the elbow joint. When working with other nearby muscles, it can also move the shoulder, since its upper ends are attached to the scapula. In addition it can twist the lower arm so that the palm faces outward, a movement called supination. The biceps and the triceps work together to control the up and down movement of the forearm.
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The biceps femoris (biceps flexor cruris) muscle is included with the hamstring muscle group. The biceps femoris is a large muscle comprised of two heads (two points of attachment to the bone), the long head (caput longum) and the short head (caput breve). The long head originates from the tuberosity of the ischium near the semitendinosus muscle and the short head originates from the linea aspera between the adductor magnus and the vastus lateralis muscles. The two muscles converge to a single tendon and insert in the fibula. This common tendon is located on the outer back corner of the knee and forms the outer hamstring. The long head of the biceps femoris is innervated by the tibial nerve and the short head is innervated by the peroneal nerves. This muscle is supplied by a deep branch of the femoral artery, the profunda femoris. Both heads of the muscle flex the lower leg at the knee joint and rotate the tibia outward. The long head also assists with the extension and outward rotation of the thigh at the hip joint, making it a two-joint muscle, while the short head is a single-joint muscle.
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In music, A cappella is said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a cappella, i.e., a mass purely vocal. The term is also applied to a time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
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The bourree is a dance of French or Spanish origin. As a musical form,
bourree is always in alla- breve time, and is frequently found in the works of the older composers such as the suits of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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In music, a breve is the longest form of a note, originally considered the whole note by the 20th century it had been replaced as the whole note by the semi-breve, which is half it's duration. The breve was formerly represented by a square, but is now represented by an oval shape, with a line perpendicular to the stave on each of its sides.
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In music, C is the keynote of the normal or natural scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature. It is also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same. C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semi-breve.
In music, a crotchet is a time note, with a stem, having one quarter the value of a semi-breve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver.
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In music, a quaver is a note and measure of time equal to half a crotchet or the eighth of a semi-breve.
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A semi-breve is a musical note of half the time or duration of the breve. It is the longest note in general use.
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