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Understanding Duration in Music

Note values are music symbols that indicate the duration of sounds. The whole note represents the longest duration while sixteenth notes are the shortest. Rest symbols also correspond to note values to show intervals of silence in music.

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Understanding Duration in Music

Note values are music symbols that indicate the duration of sounds. The whole note represents the longest duration while sixteenth notes are the shortest. Rest symbols also correspond to note values to show intervals of silence in music.

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NOTE VALUES

Definition of Duration: is the quality of


the sound which tells us the length of
the sound

NOTE VALUES
Note Values: are the music symbols to indicate the
duration of the sound

WHOLE NOTE
REDONDA
HALF NOTE
BLANCA
QUARTER NOTE
NEGRA
EIGHTH NOTE
CORCHEA

SIXTEENTH NOTE
SEMICORCHEA

REST
is an interval of silence in a piece of music

Each rest symbol corresponds


with a particular note value

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