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.
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