Longa



         


The longa is a musical note twice as long in duration as a breve (i.e., lasting four entire measures). It is found mostly in older music, particularly chant. It is drawn as a breve with a short staff extending down from it.

Related topics: musical notation, breve, semibreve



Longa is also the name of a town in Angola.





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