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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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  • Contractions Lookup
  • Contractions List
  • Intro Braille course
  • Transcribers course

  • Table 13- Modern Notation

    (To be used only in modern music)

    A. Notes with Unusual Shape

    5a Black note head with no stem
    5b X-shaped note head
    5k Vertical stems that designate quasi-notes
    5l Diamond or triangle-shaped note head
    5' End of a slanting line to designate approximate pitch (quasi-note)
    When no specific note value appears, the value of an 8th note is
    used, i.e.,5a.d

    B. Tone Clusters

    ^* b Tone cluster with natural sign
    ^< b Tone cluster with flat sign
    ^% b Tone cluster with sharp sign
    ^5 b Tone cluster with no accidentals specified
    >/ l. q^ 5b -i.e., play evey note in this octave as a chord

    C. "Fan-shaped" Rhythmic Groups

    ^< 1, <1 Accelerando within rhythmic group
    ,< 1^ <1 Ritardando within rhythmic group
    ,< 1, <1 Steady rhythm
    ;k End of Rhythmic group as shown in print


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