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Re: Meaning of 'Lunga'

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Meaning of 'Lunga'
From: pbrewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Brewis)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 96 04:18 GMT0
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.07.9611151610.A26712-a100000@login>
Lunga just means 'long'. It usually goes with a fermata (which looks like 
an eyebrow + eye) meaning 'hold'. So together they mean 'hold for a long 
time'. You see them over barlines sometimes too.

Nothing to do with lungs. (Although maybe at fff....)

Peter Brewis

pbrewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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