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The longest musical note still currently in use is the breve, an 8-beat note. This was used mainly in medieval music but now is infrequently encountered. The longest musical note known to mankind was the longa, which lasts twice as long as a breve (16 beats), which is 4 times as long as the generally accepted longest musical note, the semi-breve. However, the longa is no longer used in musical notation.

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