diff --git a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
index 26be6e5c6..5916aebf0 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ export function setGainCurve(newGainCurveFunc) {
  *
  * Note: `must` be called with await, otherwise you'll get a pending Promise object.
  *
- * @name getDuration
+ * @name getDuration,getDur
+ * @tag samples
  * @param {string} sampleName
  * @param {number} (optional) n
  *
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ export const getDuration = (s, n = 0) => {
   return getSampleBufferSource({ s, n }, soundMap.get(s)[s].data.samples).then((x) => x.bufferDuration);
 };
 
+export const getDur = getDuration;
+
 function aliasBankMap(aliasMap) {
   // Make all bank keys lower case for case insensitivity
   for (const key in aliasMap) {
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/examples.test.mjs.snap b/test/__snapshots__/examples.test.mjs.snap
index 6576095c3..458904baf 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/examples.test.mjs.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/examples.test.mjs.snap
@@ -5306,6 +5306,15 @@ exports[`runs examples > example "gain" example index 0 1`] = `
 
 exports[`runs examples > example "gap" example index 0 1`] = `[]`;
 
+exports[`runs examples > example "getDur" example index 0 1`] = `
+[
+  "[ 0/1 → 1/1 | s:sax cps:null ]",
+  "[ 1/1 → 2/1 | s:sax cps:null ]",
+  "[ 2/1 → 3/1 | s:sax cps:null ]",
+  "[ 3/1 → 4/1 | s:sax cps:null ]",
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`runs examples > example "grow" example index 0 1`] = `
 [
   "[ 0/1 → 1/10 | s:tha bank:mridangam ]",
diff --git a/test/runtime.mjs b/test/runtime.mjs
index 332e3caad..e06f91620 100644
--- a/test/runtime.mjs
+++ b/test/runtime.mjs
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ const loadSoundfont = () => {};
 const loadCsound = () => {};
 const loadCSound = () => {};
 const loadcsound = () => {};
+const getDuration = () => {};
 
 const midin = () => {
   return (ccNum) => strudel.ref(() => 0); // returns ref with default value 0
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ evalScope(
     loadCSound,
     loadCsound,
     loadcsound,
+    getDuration,
     setcps: id,
     setcpm: id,
     Clock: {}, // whatever