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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 12

    THEORY

    A. Chord Symbols

    3 >Prefix for a chord symbol part

    4Small circle

    4 'Small circle bisected by line

    0Small triangle

    0 'Small triangle bisected by line

    . # gItalicized 7 for a specialized seventh chord

    Use national signs of country for plus, minus and oblique stroke

    B. Figured Bass and Harmonic Analysis

    ; >Prefix for a figured bass part

    # 6 # 3 5Numbers

    #% k# <kIsolated accidentals

    # aOmitted figure in a string of figures

    0 aA line of continuation

    # a aTwo lines of continuation

    # ; 6Figure (any number) that is crossed in print

    # /Oblique stroke

    -Separation of signs

    . # 7Italicized 7 for a specialized seventh chord

    Use national signs of country for upper- and lower-case letters as well as upper- and lower-case roman numerals.

    C. Brackets

    , ' , 'Music parentheses (round brackets)

    " ' , 1Vertical brackets surrounding notes or features

    ; 1 " 2Square bracket above the staff

    ; 1 " 'Square bracket above staff with unclear ending

    ; 1 1 " " 2Dotted square bracket above the staff

    ; ' , 2Square bracket below the staff

    ; ' , 1Square bracket below staff with unclear ending

    ; ' ' , , 2Dotted square bracket below the staff



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