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Music Notation Guide: Clefs Repeat Terms and Signs

This music notation guide provides information on clefs, notes and rests, repeat terms and signs, and other musical symbols. It explains the treble and bass clefs, whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and rests. Common repeat signs like D.C., D.S., coda, and repeat symbols are defined. Additional symbols cover dynamics, ornaments, articulations and octave markings. The guide also shows key signatures for major and minor keys and their corresponding order of sharps or flats.

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Music Notation Guide: Clefs Repeat Terms and Signs

This music notation guide provides information on clefs, notes and rests, repeat terms and signs, and other musical symbols. It explains the treble and bass clefs, whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and rests. Common repeat signs like D.C., D.S., coda, and repeat symbols are defined. Additional symbols cover dynamics, ornaments, articulations and octave markings. The guide also shows key signatures for major and minor keys and their corresponding order of sharps or flats.

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Music Notation Guide

Clefs Repeat Terms and Signs


Treble Clef Bass Clef
D.C. al FINE Return to the beginning and play to Fine.

D.S. al FINE Return to and play to Fine.

Middle C Middle C
D.C. al CODA Return to the beginning, play to and skip to the Coda.

Notes and Rests D.S. al CODA Return to , play to and skip to the Coda.

Whole Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth


Note Rest Note Rest Note Rest Note Rest Note Rest

Return to the beginning or nearest and repeat.

A dot added to a note or rest increases its value by 1/2.

1
Symbols 1 2 Play through the first time,

tenuto Hold Full Value then skip to 2 on the repeat

accent Accent

marcato Louder accent


Extended rest (6 measures in this example).

sforzando Sudden accent

staccato Detached is played as:

fermata Hold, pause

is played as:
crescendo Gradually louder

decrescendo
diminuendo Gradually softer
is played as:

rit. Ritardando Gradually slower

2
accel. Accelerando Gradually faster
is played as:

One octave higher than


8va All ottava written.

Rapid alteration between


Trill the primary note and the
note above.

Grace Note
Very short ornamental note.
(Note: Grace notes are
Key Signatures
always stemmed up.)

Break Short pause

C major G major D major A major E major B major F major C major


Key of A minor
Stems and Beams E minor B minor F minor C minor G minor D minor A minor

Notes below the third line are written with stems up. Notes on or above the third line
are written with stems down.
Order of Sharps: F C G D A E B

Stem direction of beamed notes or chords is determined by the note farthest from the
third line.

C major F major B major E major A major D major G major C major


Key of A minor D minor G minor C minor F minor B minor E minor A minor

Order of Flats: B E A D G C F

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