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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.


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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