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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 5: Chords

    A. Intervals

    / Second 0 Sixth
    + Third 3 Seventh
    # Fourth - Octave
    Fifth

    "? "-Ex. of Unison

    _? "+Ex. of Tenth (interval larger than octave)

    (For tone clusters, see Table 13 B)

    B. In-accords

    < >Full-measure in-accord

    " 1Part-measure in-accord

    . kMeasure division for part-measure in-accord

    C. Moving Notes

    ,Moving-note sign for one interval

    ;Moving-note sign for two or more intervals

    _' Whole "stem" _b 8th stem
    _k Half stem _l 16th stem
    _a Quarter Stem _1 32nd stem

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