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.

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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.

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