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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.

Musical notation

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Staff : Clef | Key signature | Time signature | Note | Rest | Tempo | Dynamics | Leger lines
Note length : Longa | Breve | Semibreve | Minim | Crotchet | Quaver | Semiquaver | Demisemiquaver | Hemidemisemiquaver

Musical notation

Longa is also the name of a town in Angola.


Longa (Greek: Λόγγα) is also a place in Messenia in Greece, located between Petalidi and Koroni .



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