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  2. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    The spiral of a G clef (not a point on the spiral, but the center around which the spiral is drawn) shows where the G above middle C is located on the staff. A G clef with the spiral centered on the second line of the staff is called treble clef. [2] The treble clef is the most commonly encountered clef in modern notation. Alto clef

  3. Clef - Wikipedia

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    For example, even the low saxophones read in treble clef. A symmetry exists surrounding middle C regarding the F-, C- and G-clefs. C-clef defines middle C whereas G-clef and F-clef define the note at the interval of a fifth above middle C and below middle C, respectively. Common mnemonics for the notes on treble clef: Every Good Boy Does Fine ...

  4. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    Some chord charts also contain rhythmic information, indicated using slash notation for full beats and rhythmic notation for rhythms. This is the most common kind of written music used by professional session musicians playing jazz or other forms of popular music and is intended primarily for the rhythm section (usually containing piano ...

  5. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The order of sharps in key signature notation is F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯, which can be remembered using the phrase; Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle; Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket. [47] Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds. Fidel Castro Gets Drunk And Eats Babies. Fat Cats Greedy Dogs All Eat Bananas.

  6. Mensural notation - Wikipedia

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    Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century. The term "mensural" refers to the ability of this system to describe precisely measured rhythmic durations in terms of numerical proportions amongst note values.

  7. BACH motif - Wikipedia

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    "b–a–c–h is beginning and end of all music" (Max Reger 1912) In music, the BACH motif is the motif, a succession of notes important or characteristic to a piece, B flat, A, C, B natural. In German musical nomenclature, in which the note B natural is named H and the B flat named B, it forms Johann Sebastian Bach's family name.

  8. Percussion notation - Wikipedia

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    Percussion notation is a type of musical notation indicating notes to be played by percussion instruments. As with other forms of musical notation, sounds are represented by symbols which are usually written onto a musical staff (or stave). Percussion instruments are generally grouped into two categories: pitched and non-pitched. The notation ...

  9. Chord chart - Wikipedia

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    Slash notation in 4/4 with a slash on each beat under a i7 iv7-V7 chord progression in B ♭ minor. Slash notation is a form of purposefully vague musical notation which indicates or requires that an accompaniment player or players improvise their own rhythm pattern or comp according to the chord symbol given above the staff. On the staff a ...