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Name: Duration: Note Lengths in Written Music
ID: m10945
Language: English (en)
Summary: In standard music notation, the duration (time length) of a particular note is defined by how long it lasts compared to a whole note.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: duration, eighth notes, half notes, meter, music, notation, notes, quarter notes, rhythm, staff, whole notes
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0

Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)

Version: 2.9 (history)
Created: Dec 2, 2002 12:00 am US/Central
Revised: Feb 28, 2007 12:24 pm US/Central

Version History

Version: 2.9 Feb 28, 2007 12:24 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added outline svg and eps files

Version: 2.8 Jan 26, 2007 3:02 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added eps CNXML

Version: 2.7 Dec 15, 2006 3:27 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
minor changes in texts, updated links

Version: 2.6 Mar 1, 2006 11:25 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Updated figures. Small text changes.

Version: 2.5 May 17, 2005 9:13 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
update to cnxml-0.5

Version: 2.4 Mar 18, 2005 12:04 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Rewrote "stem direction" section.

Version: 2.3 Apr 5, 2004 11:54 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Redid figures for nicer look and broke up module into three smaller modules (including m11887 and 11888).

Version: 2.2 Oct 2, 2003 10:02 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added links

Version: 2.1 Jan 29, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added keywords and abstract

Version: 2.0 Dec 2, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
New module

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