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 Durations (rhythms)
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DONTPRINTYET  Music Glossary: (music-glossary)beam, *noteDONTPRINTYET DONTPRINTYET  Music Glossary: (music-glossary)beam, 
 (music-glossary)duration, (music-glossary)whole note, *noteDONTPRINTYET DONTPRINTYET DONTPRINTYET  Music Glossary: (music-glossary)beam, 
 (music-glossary)duration, (music-glossary)whole note, 
 (music-glossary)half note, (music-glossary)quarter note, *noteDONTPRINTYET DONTPRINTYET DONTPRINTYET  Music Glossary: (music-glossary)beam, 
 (music-glossary)duration, (music-glossary)whole note, 
 (music-glossary)half note, (music-glossary)quarter note, 
 (music-glossary)dotted note.
 
    The duration of a note is specified by a number after the note name:
 ‘1’ for a whole note, ‘2’ for a half note, ‘4’ for a quarter note and so
 on.  Beams are added automatically.
 
    If you do not specify a duration, the previous duration is used for
 the next note.  The duration of the first note defaults to a quarter
 note.
 
      \relative c'' {
        a1
        a2 a4 a8 a
        a16 a a a a32 a a a a64 a a a a a a a a2
      }
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
    To create dotted notes, add a dot ‘.’ to the duration number.  The
 duration of a dotted note must be stated explicitly (i.e., with a
 number).
 
      \relative c'' {
        a4 a a4. a8
        a8. a16 a a8. a8 a4.
      }
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 

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