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time value
Music the duration of a given printed note relative to other notes in a composition or section and considered in relation to the basic tempo
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Rhythm and
note values appear to be mostly taught by rote.
Coloration, indicative of proportional temporal relationships among
note values, gains an unprecedented sophistication in Tucke's notes (summarized in Table 1), and Woodley suggests that the scheme may have developed within a small circle and over several generations of composers.
For vertical relationships the same
note values in and O indeed relate as 2:1.
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