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A
duration is an
amount of
time or a particular time
interval. For example, an event in the common sense has a duration greater than zero (but not very long), but in certain specialized senses (such as in
the theory of relativity), a duration of zero. It is often cited as one of the fundamental aspects of
music, see also
rhythm.
Durations, and their beginnings and endings, may be described as long, short, or taking a specific amount of time. Often duration is described according to terms borrowed from descriptions of
pitch. As such, the
duration complement is the amount of different durations used, the
duration scale is an ordering (
scale) of those durations from shortest to longest, the
duration range is the difference in length between the shortest and longest, and the
duration hierarchy is an ordering of those durations based on frequency of use (DeLone et al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 3).
Durational patterns are the foreground details projected against a background
metric structure, which includes
meter,
tempo, and all rhythmic aspects which produce temporal regularity or structure. Duration patterns may be divided into
rhythmic units and
rhythmic gestures. (DeLone et al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 3) However, they may also be described using terms borrowed from the
metrical feet of poetry:
iamb (weak-strong),
anapest (weak-weak-strong),
trochee (strong-weak),
dactyl (strong-weak-weak), and
amphibrach (weak-strong-weak), which may overlap to explain ambigouity (Cooper and Meyer, 1960).
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