Sprechgesang: speech-song, a term used by Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) to describe a voice delivery midway between song and speech, although he preferred the terms sprechstimme speaking voice (which was used by Humperdinck in Königskinder ), sprechmelodic (speech melody) or rezitation (recitation) A similar notation might also be found in a short score where two parts are being notated on a single line as a unison, in which case the upward stem will be of the higher or first part and the downward stem will be of the lower or second part. In music for stringed instrument, a single pitch to be played on two different strings, each appropriately fingered. (occasionally written with two parallel vertical lines through a large C)Īnatomy of a note, a single sound of a particular pitch and length which is notated with a symbol made up of a notehead (in all cases), a stem (in some cases) and a flag (in some cases), and which with notes bearing flags are grouped together using a beam common time, alla breve/cut time, alla cappella timeĪlla breve: also called 'cut time' or 'alla cappella time' marked with a large C with a vertical line through it, used for quick duple time in which the minim or half note is given one beat instead of two.The clef is equivalent to an octave G clef called the tenor G clef where that space would be occupied by a C one octave above middle C but the note sounds one octave lowerĪlternative percussion clef, indefinite pitch clef or neutral clefĬommon time: equivalent to a time signature of 4/4, namely four crotchets (quarter notes) to a bar (measure) old alto, tenor, soprano, baritone and mezzosoprano clef signĪ G-clef sign found in the score of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) published by Ricordi: a G-clef used for the tenor voice (for this reason it is called the tenor G clef), where the note sounds one octave lower than written had the clef been the standard treble G clefĪ C-clef sign found in the score of Sankey and Stebbins - The Male Chorus, 'for use in Gospel Meetings, Christian Associations and other Religious Services' which marks middle C as being on the second space from the top of four. treble clef) marks G above middle Cį-clef (e.g. percussion or indefinite pitch clef - not shownĪt the suggestion of Nick Meiners, we show the relative pitch positions of the commonly used clefs.baritone (C5) C-clef, baritone (F3) F-clef and subbass (F5) F-clef.soprano (C1) and mezzosoprano (C2) C-clef.tells us which pitch "class" that stave belongs to). Music end: barline denoting the end of a piece of musicīrace: used with a line to joining multiple staves, for example, as found in piano musicīracket: used with a perpendicular line joining multiple staves, for example, as found in piano musicĬlef: graphical symbol placed on the left of the stave which establishes the relationship between particular note names and their position on the staff lines and spaces (i.e. Music start: barline placed at the beginning of a section of a piece of music between two solid barlines, or to show that the barline is not necessarily marking periodic agogic accents in the music (as where unbarred polyphonic music is edited with barlines, or the work employs mixed metres) containing a number of notes and/or rests whose total time value is given by the time signatureĭashed, dotted or auxiliary barline: used to mark divisions within a bar (measure), i.e. System: notation of a line of music including all the parts and voices involved, presented in a group of two or more staves which are joined together on the left hand side by a vertical bar (called a systemic barline) and a brace (the brace is not shown in this image)īarline: a vertical line (or lines) drawn across a staff (or if there are many lines, across a number of staves) to mark off measures (or bars) of a particular length, i.e. Staff, stave or pentagram: a framework of five lines on which musical notation is written such that the higher the note-sign on the staff the higher its pitch I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,i,ii,iii,iv,v,vi,vii,viii We have included symbols that might be found on a musical score, including a number that are not strictly musical (i.e. We have prepared a printable version of this web page in pdf format: Musical Symbols - print or save locally. If you would like to support our work writing and maintaining the teaching resources on this site please click on the donate button and follow the online instructions - thank you for your contribution. If any detail is incorrect or incomplete please advise us, using our dictionary amendment form.
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