DURATION, FIGURES AND RESTS
WHAT IS DURATION?
Duration is the characteristic of sound that tell us the diference between a long sound and a short sound. Music cannot exit without time.
ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL LANGUAGE THAT DETERMINE DURATION
- FIGURES
- Whole note: has four beats.
- Half note: has two beats, it is a half of a whole note.

- Quarter note: has one beat and is a half of a half note, and one quarter of a whole note.

- Eighth note: has a half of one beat and is a half of a quarter note.

- Sixteen note: has a quarter of one beat and it is a half of an eighth note.

Rest are signs that represent the duration of the absence of sound. The rests signs correspond in name valeu with the figure.
Paula García Miguélez
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