Music GCSE
Note lengthening and shortening
What Note lengthening and shortening means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Note lengthening and shortening
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The first of a pair of equal notes is held longer and the second is shortened, while the overall duration is broadly preserved.
Topics that use Note lengthening and shortening
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Tempo, metre and rhythm (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Contrast with straight rhythm
- Distinguishing rhythm devices
- Dotted rhythm
- Metre
- Recognising syncopation in styles
- Rhythm
- Rhythmic stress
- Swung rhythm
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