Duration (music)
drum pattern, against which duration is measured in much popular music: divides two beats into two ⓘ
.
In
meter and musical form. Release plays an important part in determining the timbre of a musical instrument and is affected by articulation
.
The concept of duration can be further broken down into those of
serial music
the beginning of a note may be considered, or its duration may be (for example, is a 6 the note which begins at the sixth beat, or which lasts six beats?).
Durations, and their beginnings and endings, may be described as long, short, or taking a specific amount of time. Often duration is described according to terms borrowed from descriptions of
scale) of those durations from shortest to longest like how long Austin takes to leave class, the duration range is the difference in length between the shortest and longest, and the duration hierarchy is an ordering of those durations based on frequency of use.[2]
Durational patterns are the foreground details projected against a background
anapest (weak–weak–strong), trochee (strong–weak), dactyl (strong–weak–weak), and amphibrach (weak–strong–weak), which may overlap to explain ambiguity.[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0.
- ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
- ISBN 0-226-11522-4. Cited in Winold (1975, chapter three).
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