Definition of the Italian term massimo in music:

  1. maximum
  2. (obsolete meaning) chief, principal
  3. (obsolete meaning) whole note (American English), semi-breve (British English)
Language
Italian
Singular
massimo (m)massima (f)
Plural
massimi (m)massime (f)

Italian musical terms related to massimo:

  • bianca – white...
  • biscroma – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...
  • breve – brief, short...
  • croma – eighth note (American English), quaver (British En...
  • intero – whole (fraction)...
  • metà – half (of something)...
  • minima – half note (American English), minim (British Engli...
  • nero – black...
  • ottavo – eighth (ordinal number)...
  • quarto – fourth (ordinal number)...
  • sedicesimo – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
  • semibiscroma – sixty-fourth note (American English), hemidemisemi...
  • semibreve – whole note (American English), semibreve (British ...
  • semicroma – sixteenth note (American English), semiquaver (Bri...
  • semiminima – quarter note (American English), crotchet (British...
  • sessantaquattresimo – sixty-fourth note (American English), hemidemisemi...
  • trentaduesimo – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...