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  2. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  3. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    Jeongganbo musical notation system. Jeongganbo is a traditional musical notation system created during the time of Sejong the Great that was the first East Asian system to represent rhythm, pitch, and time. [20] [21] Among various kinds of Korean traditional music, Jeong-gan-bo targets a particular genre, Jeong-ak (정악, 正樂).

  4. Musical Symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical Symbols may refer to: List of musical symbols, the set of codified marks used in modern musical notation; Musical Symbols (Unicode block), a Unicode block of modern musical notation symbols; Byzantine Musical Symbols, a Unicode block of Byzantine era musical notation symbols; Ancient Greek Musical Notation, a Unicode block of symbols ...

  5. Accidental (music) - Wikipedia

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    In German music notation, the letter B or b always designates B ♭ while the letter H or h – a deformation of a square b – designates B ♮. In the High Middle Ages, a widespread musical tradition was based on the hexachord system defined by Guido of Arezzo. [8] The basic system, called musica recta, had three overlapping hexachords.

  6. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A symbol (♮) that cancels the effect of a sharp or a flat naturale (nat.) Natural (i.e. discontinue a special effect, such as col legno, sul tasto, sul ponticello, or playing in harmonics) N.C. No chord, written in the chord row of music notation to show there is no chord being played, and no implied harmony Nebenstimme (Ger.)

  8. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    This change was not always shown in notation, but when written, B ♭ (B flat) was written as a Latin, cursive "𝒷", and B ♮ (B natural) a Gothic script (known as Blackletter) or "hard-edged" 𝔟. These evolved into the modern flat (♭) and natural (♮) symbols respectively. The sharp symbol arose from a ƀ (barred b), called the ...

  9. Music - Wikipedia

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    Music notation typically means the written expression of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music, such as the notes of a melody, are notated. Music notation often provides instructions on how to perform the music.