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TABLES
  • Table 1: Basic Signs
  • Table 2: Clefs
  • Table 3: Accidentals, Key
    and Time signatures

  • Table 4: Rythmic Groups
  • Table 5: Chords
  • Table 6: Slurs and Ties
  • Table 7: Tremolos
  • Table 8: Fingering
  • Table 9: Bar lines and repeats
  • Table 10: Nuances
  • Table 11: Ornaments
  • Table 12: Theory
  • Table 13: Modern Notation
  • Table 14: General Organization
  • Table 15: Keyboard Music
  • Table 16: Vocal Music
  • Table 17: String Instruments
  • Table 18: Winds & Percussion
  • Table 19: Accordion

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  • Table 1: Basic Signs

    1. Notes and Rests

      Throughout this work:

      whole note or rest = semibreve
      half note or rest = minim
      quarter note or rest = crochet
      8th note or rest = quaver
      16th note or rest = semi-quaver (etc.)

      C D E F G A B Rest Type
      Wholes or 16ths
      Halves or 32nds
      Quarters or 64ths
      8ths or 128ths

      Prefix for 256th notes, i.e., (etc.)

      Distinction of values

    2. Octave Marks


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