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The student should understand:

• Musical time is represented by symbols called durational values. They

may be dotted or non-dotted.

• Durational values: specific components and specific ways how they are

drawn.

• Durational values are proportional to one another.
• Durational values have equivalent rest values.

Chapter 1 The Elements of Rhythm: Sound, Symbol, and Time

1.1 Durational Values: Symbols Representing Time in Music

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