Definition | The duration of a sound recording. Use also for the duration of the performance of a music manuscript or printed music if the duration is on the item. Use six character positions in subfield ‡a. The six positions represent the duration of a work in hours, minutes, and seconds. Use field 500 to enter duration information as a note. In such cases, you may enter field 306 and field 500 in the same record. |
1st Indicator | Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (  ). |
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2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
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| ‡a Playing time | First and second positions are for number of hours. The third and fourth positions, the number of minutes. The fifth and sixth positions, number of seconds. Use the following guidelines: - Enter one hour (exactly) as 60 minutes. Enter one minute (exactly) as 60 seconds.
- Enter any duration more than an hour in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds.
- Enter any duration more than one minute and less than one hour in terms of minutes and seconds.
| Duration | Enter | | 1 hour | 306 006000 | | 75 minutes | 306 011500 | | 1 hour, 45 min. | 306 014500 | | 1 minute | 306 000060 | | 20 min. 16 sec. | 306 002016 | - If a duration is expressed as a range, enter the higher number.
| Duration | Enter | | ca. 17:00-18:00 | 306 001800 | - If a sound recording or score has two or more pieces, enter the duration for each piece in a separate subfield ‡a. For example, two durations are 37 min., and 10 min., 50 seconds, enter:
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Printing | Field 306 does not print. Use field 500 for notes. |
| | | 306 | | | 014500 | | 500 | | | Duration: 1 hr., 45 min. | |
