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We have prepared printableversion webpage pdfformat: Music Symbols PrintWe have included symbols musicalscore, including strictlymusical (i.e. copyright symbol, etc.) see1-9 reference below I,II,II,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,i,ii,iii,iv,v,vi,vii,viii 1-9 staff, stave fivelines whichmusical notation higherits pitch system: notation musicincluding all voicesinvolved, presented morestaves which joinedtogether lefthand side verticalbar (called systemicbarline) image)barline: verticalline lines)drawn across manylines, across markoff measures particularlength, i.e. containing restswhose total time value timesignature bars barlines dashed, dotted auxiliarybarline: used markdivisions within bar(measure), i.e. between two solid barlines, necessarilymarking periodic agogic accents whereunbarred polyphonic music workemploys mixed metres) music start: barline placed musicmusic end: barline denoting musichome products.. services.. events.. resources.. useful links.. information.. about us.. world news.. related sites.. site map search comments? dictionary 1-9 symbolscomposers 16brace: used joiningmultiple staves, pianomusic bracket: used perpendicularline joining multiple staves, pianomusic clef: graphical symbol placed stavewhich establishes relationshipbetween particular note names stafflines spaces(i.e. tells us which pitch "class" stavebelongs treble(G2) G-clef bass (F4) F-clef alto (C3) C-clef soprano (C1) mezzosoprano(C2) C-clef tenor (C4) C-clef baritone (C5) C-clef, baritone (F3) F-clef subbass(F5) F-clef French violin French(G1) G-clef percussion indefinitepitch clef NickMeiners, we show relativepitch positions commonlyused clefs G-clef (e.g. treble clef) marks abovemiddle C-clef(e.g. alto clef) marks middle F-clef(e.g. bass clef) marks belowmiddle oldC-clef sign, i.e. old alto, tenor, soprano, baritone mezzosopranoclef sign G-clefsign found LaBohme GiacomoPuccini (1858-1924) published G-clefused tenorvoice, where notesounds one octave lower than clefhad been clef[image provided JohnGarside] G-clef ottava alta octave clefs G-clef ottava bassa octave clefs F-clef ottava alta octave clefs F-clef ottava bassa octave clefs 16alternative percussion clef, indefinite pitch clef neutralclef percussion indefinitepitch clef mainelements musicalscore common time: equivalent timesignature 4/4,namely four crotchets (quarter notes) bar(measure) common time, alla breve/cut time, alla cappella time alla breve: also called 'cut time' 'allacappella time'; marked verticalline through quickduple time halfnote givenone beat instead two.(occasionally written twoparallel vertical lines through commontime allabreve/cut time anatomy singlesound particularpitch lengthwhich symbolmade up allcases), somecases) somecases), notesbearing flags groupedtogether using beamsprechgesang stem sprechgesang: speech-song, termused ArnoldSchnberg (1874-1951) voicedelivery midway between song speech,although he preferred termssprechstimme speaking voice (which Knigskinder[1910]), sprechmelodic (speech melody) rezitation(recitation) Note Sign number equal semibreveEnglish American Italian French German Spanish Catalan brevisdouble-whole note breve carre double-ronde(meaning square) Doppeltakt(note) Breviscuadrada dobleredonda quadrada semibrevewhole note semibreve semi-brve ronde(meaning round) ganze Takt(note) redonda semibreverodona minimhalf note minima biancablanche (meaning white) Halbe(note) halbeTakt(note) blanca mnimablanca crotchetquarter note semiminima neranoire (meaning black) Viertel(note) negra negra quavereighth note croma croche (meaning hook) Achtel(note) corchea cromacorxera 16semiquaver sixteenth note semicroma double croche (meaning double hook) Sechzehntel(note) semicorchea semicorxera 32demisemiquaver thirty-second note biscroma triple croche (meaning triple hook) Zweiunddreissigstel(note) fusa fusa 64hemidemisemiquaver sixty-fourth note semibiscroma quadruple croche (meaning quadruple hook) Vierundsechzigstel(note) semifusa semifusa 128semihemidemisemiquaver quasihemidemisemiquaverone hundred twenty-eighthnote centoventottavo (nota) cent-vingt-huitime quintuplecroche Hundertundachtundzwanzigstel(note) garrapatea cuartifusaRest number equal semibreveEnglish American Italian French German Spanish Catalan breverest double-whole rest pausa di breve bton pausede brve silencede brve doppel Pause silencio de cuadrada pausade cuadrada silenciode breve pausade breve doble pausa pausade quadrada semibreverest whole rest pausa di semibreve pause ganze Pause silencio de redonda pausade redonda silenciode semibreve pausade semibreve pausa pausade rodona minimrest half rest pausa di minima demi-pause halbe Pause media pausa silenciode blanca pausade blanca mitja pausa pausade blanca crotchetrest quarter rest pausa di semiminima soupir Viertelpause silencio de negra pausade negra silenciode semiminima pausade semiminima quart de pausa pausade negra quaverrest eighth rest pausa di croma demi-soupir Achtelpause silencio de corchea pausade corchea vuit de pausa pausade corxera 16semiquaver rest sixteenth rest pausa di semicroma quart de soupir Sechzehntelpause silencio de semicorchea pausade semicorchea setz de pausa pausade semicorxera 32demisemiquaver rest thirty-second rest pausa di biscroma huitime de soupir Zweiunddreiigstelpause silencio de fusa pausade fusa trenta-dos de pausa pausade fusa 64hemidemisemiquaver rest sixty-fourth rest pausa di semibiscroma seizime de soupir Vierundsechzigstelpause silencio de semifusa pausade semifusa seixanta-quatr de pausa pausade semifusa 128semihemidemisemiquaver rest one hundred twenty-eighthrest pausa di centoventottavo cent-vingt- huitime de soupir Hundertundachtundzwanzigstelpause silencio de garrapatea pausade garrapatea multi-rest multiplemeasure rest: where barscontain only rests, instrumentalparts 'collected'together singlebar contain resttogether consecutivebars given largenumber placed centrally above staffover singlebar various note heads listed left right:top row: plus, circle squarewhite, square black, triangle up white, triangle up black, triangle left up white, triangle left up black, triangle right up white middle row: triangle right up black, triangle down white, triangle down black, triangle right down white, triangle right down black, moon white, moon black, triangle-round down white, triangle-round down black bottom row: parenthesis, white, black, cluster white, cluster black, croix, certainnote heads have specific meaning, example:diamond: special playing modes half-valve,tablature stringharmonics, falsetto voice, silent depression keys,held keys indeterminatepitches, spoken voice unvoicedsounds, release certainheld notes, noises, roundpierced stems:sounds airblown through instrumentvertical arrow: highest lowestpitches possible instrumenttriangular notehead:indeterminate pitches, spoken voice unvoicedsounds, release certainheld notes, noises, jazznotation windinstruments stringinstruments, 'ghostnote' noteheadrather than usualoval. ghostnote playedless strongly than notesaround alsocalled 'anti-accent' hauptstimme, (German) principal part 16nebenstimme, (German) subsiduary secondaryvoice lineplay notes under signone octave higher than written play notes under signone octave lower than written repeated,also called 'open repeat', 'begin-repeat' 'repeatstart' repeated,also called 'close repeat', 'end-repeat' 'repeatend' repeat: 'repetition'signs indicates secondtime firstsection lefthand sign may however,where latersection, righthand signs mark sectionrepeated sections voltabrackets, also called 'first ending' 'secondending': sectionperformed only firsttime reachedotherwise performerplays latersection usually marked similarway verticalline sectiontremolo: one abbreviationsused musicalnotation, repeatednotes, which can chords(note angledline lines,also called slashes, passing through notestems) sometimes horizontalarray dotsmay placedover note(instead slashesconfirming playedthrough each'slashed' note) Note: timpaniparts, notes stemscrossed diagonally morecommonly three, lines usually indicate rolltremolo alternations:repeated sequence twonotes particularinterval apart (note angledline lineslying between pairs notes)do whichpass through topline steeperNote: where twoprincipal notes have stems, beamsmay actually connect them:see bar bassstaff, examplebelow 16simile marks, used showrepeated groups bars(see immediately below moreinformation) repeated passage using simile marks do whichpass through topline staffrepeated bars using simile marks D.C. (Italian: from DaCapo, indicting playershould start from goback segno(Italian: sign) D.S. (Italian: from Dalsegno, term indicating placefrom which placemarked segnoDal segno, D.S. (abbrev.): (Italian) from signda capo D.C. al Fine (Italian: from DaCapo al Fine, indicting playershould go back Finemark Fine (Italian: termplaced where end'jump coda'sign: crossinside coda'sign directs jumpfrom sectionmarked coda fermata Fermate(Ger.): musicalsymbol placed over extendedbeyond its normal duration, occasionallyprinted above rests barlines,indicating indefiniteduration caesura (sing.), caesurae (pl.), fetura, 'tramlines', 'railroadtracks: usually placed topline 'simile'mark). termderived from poetry, caesura silentpause somewhere musiccrescendo: (Italian, literally 'growing') increasingly louder crescendo from silence: starting from silence, noteshould become increasingly louder [information provided AdamGlynn] decrescendo, decresciuto, diminuendo: (Italian) increasingly softer swell, closed hairpins (over closedaccent (over singlenote): increasevolume dieaway singlenote shortphrase also called messa di voce (Italian) misede voix (French) typicalmarkings 'closedaccent' 'closedhairpins' appear frequently werealso commonly used hiscontemporaries. 'closedaccent', moremarked longeraccent than 16'closed crescendo', endsabruptly sforzatoemphasis; 'closeddiminuendo', immediatelytrails off nineteenth-centuryGerman non-vocal music signcan represent crescendofollowed decrescendomusic. markingapparently indicates toopowerful, accent vibratowhere appropriate [we thank Ron Evans referenceSigns AccentMarkings ourattention. We have drawn our information from reference]notation English French German Italian Spanish Catalan double sharp double dise Doppelkreuz doppio diesis doble sostenido, elevacin de dos semitonos doble diesi, elevaci de dos semitons sharp dise Kreuz diesis sostenido, elevacin de un semitono diesi, sostingut natural, natural sign bcarre, naturel Auflsungszeichen, Quadrat bequadro becuadro becaire flat bmol bemollebemol, bajada de un semitono bemoll, disminuci d’un semit double flat double bmol Doppel-B, Doppel-Be doppio bemolle doble bemol, bajada de dos semitonos doble bemoll, disminuci de dos semitons noteabout notating accidentals auxiliarynotes ornamentinclude accidentals, sharpsign, above ornamentsign. signwould inflectionapplies notelying above principalnote writtenabove inflectedauxiliary note lies below principalnote, acidentalsign also lies below ornament.Obviously, principalnote itself immediateleft notehead doubleaccidental completelycancels doublesharp doubleflat sign doubleaccidental doubleflatted note singleflatted note doubleaccidental doublesharped note singlesharped note sharp)microtonal 'flat up' sign microtonal 'flat down' sign microtonal 'natural up' sign microtonal 'natural down' sign microtonal 'sharp up' sign 16microtonal 'sharp down' sign quartertone accidental signs othersign conventions) 3/4 tone flat 1/4 tone flat 1/4 tone sharp