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Offline pinnon

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Notation
on: September 07, 2010, 07:41:05 AM
I Know this migth seem to be a silly question. but i'm learning to write sheet music and i wonder how long the circle point is. All help is much appreciated.

Offline quantum

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Re: Notation
Reply #1 on: September 07, 2010, 09:32:34 AM
Can you explain in more detail what you mean by circle point?
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Re: Notation
Reply #2 on: September 10, 2010, 04:42:21 PM
it looks like an "O" i think it's the longest note but i'm not sure.

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Re: Notation
Reply #3 on: September 10, 2010, 07:27:07 PM
A whole note is normally a whole measure (e.g. 4 beats in 4/4 time).  There's also a double whole note, but I've never seen it in music.  You'd probably only see it if you had 8/4 time or something like that I guess.

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Re: Notation
Reply #4 on: September 11, 2010, 04:19:10 PM
Think of a whole note as a 1/1.  It is twice as long as a half note (1/2). 

1 whole note =
2 half notes =
4 quarter notes =
8 eighth notes =
16 sixteenth notes


A double whole note or breve is worth two whole notes.  It was more common to use the breve in early music.  Today it can be found in pieces written in 4/2.
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Re: Notation
Reply #5 on: September 14, 2010, 06:37:07 AM
Thank you for your answer, it was most helpfull.
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