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
  1.  FIGURES

Figures are sings that represent the diferent duration of sound. For example:
  • Whole note: has four beats.
Resultado de imagen de whole note
  • Half note: has two beats, it is a half of a whole note.
Resultado de imagen de half note
  • Quarter note: has one beat and is a half of a half note, and one quarter of a whole note.
Resultado de imagen de quarter note
  • Eighth note: has a half of  one beat and is a half of a quarter note.
Resultado de imagen de eighth note
  • Sixteen note: has a quarter of one beat and it is a half of an eighth note.
Resultado de imagen de sixteenth note


Resultado de imagen de parts of a musical figure


         2.  REST

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


Resultado de imagen de rests music


Paula García Miguélez


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