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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

Other Resources

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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