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durationWHAT IS THE DURATION?

Duration
is the quality that lets you know how LONG or SHORT a note sounds.


IN PHYSICS It depends on the LENGTH of the vibrations.
                                                            Short sound: few seconds

                                                            Long sound: a lot of seconds

IN MUSIC WE NEED:
NOTE LENGHTS (semibreves, minims, crotchets, quavers, semiquavers...)
piramide



RESTS  rests

TIME SIGNATURES, BAR, BAR LINES, TEMPO...

With the combination of different note lengths and silence we can play a RHYTHM

rhythm

The METRONOME is used for beating precise durations

metro