music-glossary: maxima
1.183 maxima
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ES: máxima, I: maxima, F: maxima, maxime, D: Maxima, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?,
FI: maxima.
Note value: twice the length of a longa.
The maxima is the largest duration in use during the 15th and 16th
centuries. Like the longa, the maxima can be either two or three times
as long as the longa (called binary and ternary, respectively). By the
late 15th century, most composers used the smaller proportion by
default.
See also
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Duration names notes and rests, longa, *notenote
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