1.209 note value

ES: valor (duración), I: valore, durata, F: durée, valeur (d’une note), D: Notenwert, NL: nootwaarde, DK nodeværdi, S: notvärde, FI: nuotin aika-arvo.

Note values (durations) are measured as fractions – normally half – of the next higher note value. The longest duration in current use is the breve, but sometimes (especially music from the Baroque or earlier) the double-length note value longa or the quadruple-length note value maxima are used.

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An augmentation dot after a note multiplies the duration by one and a half. Another dot adds yet a fourth of the duration.

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Alternatively note values may be subdivided by other ratios. Most common is subdivision by 3 (triplets) and 5 (quintuplets). Subdivisions by 2 (duplets) or 4 (quadruplets) of dotted notes are also frequently used.

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