Longa Longa

Longa - Definition and Overview

The longa is a musical note twice as long in duration as a breve (i.e., lasting four entire measures). It is found mostly in older music, particularly chant. It is drawn as a breve with a short staff extending down from it.

Musical notation

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Staff : Clef | Key signature | Time signature | Note | Rest | Tempo | Dynamics | Leger lines
Note length : Longa | Breve (Double whole note) | Semibreve (Whole Note) | Minim (Half Note) | Crotchet (Quarter Note) | Quaver (Eighth Note) | Semiquaver (Sixteenth note) | Demisemiquaver (Thirty-second note) | Hemidemisemiquaver (Sixty-fourth note) | Quasihemidemisemiquaver (128th note)


Longa is also the name of a town in Angola.

Longa (Greek: Λόγγα) is also a place in Messenia in Greece, located between Petalidi and Koroni.

Example Usage of Longa
3LuckyGuys: PATRULIA ESTELAR volta aos cinemas japonêses, mês que vem, 26 anos depois do último Longa.
IaraRossi: essa semana vai ser Longa...
Paulaovv: @marcelotas PARABÉNS, VIDA Longa E BRILHANTE COMO SUA CARECA E OBRIGADO POR TODA A GENTILEZA COM QUE FUI TRATADO NO CQC
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