longa
noun[C]
musicUKspecializeduk/ˈlɒŋ.ə/us/ˈlɑːŋ.ə/plurallongeorlongae(USquadruple note,quadruple whole note)amusicalnotewith atimevalueequalto two or threebreves:
4倍全音符Inmodernnotation, a longa is usuallyrepresentedassemibrevestiedacrosstwomeasures.在现代五线谱中，4倍全音符通常被标记为跨2个小节的全音符。
- There werenotesthat werelongerthan thebreve, which were called "longa" and "maxima".
- Thestrokescalled plica are stillappliedto longae andbreves.
- The longa sometimescontainedthreebreves, in whichcaseit was calledperfect, and sometimes only two, when it is said to beimperfect.
Technical music terms
- accidental
- aleatory
- andante
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr.
- discord
- dissonance
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- mike check
- modulate
- slur
- stepwise
- syncopate
- syncopated
- syncopation
- tempo
- trill