Musical notation in a nutshell
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Representation of pitch

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Staff, stave or pentagram: Framework of music notation. The five staff lines and four intervening spaces correspond to pitches of the diatonic scale - the higher the note on the staff the higher its pitch - which pitch is meant by a given line or space is defined by the clef, the ''leftmost'' symbol on a staff. G clef or treble clef: The most commonly encountered clef in modern notation; it assigns G above middle C to the second line from the bottom of the staff. F clef or bass clef: It appears nearly as often as the treble clef, to represent a bass pitch range; it assigns F below middle C to the second line from the top of the staff.

Notes on G and F clefs:

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All possible clefs:

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Notes on keyboard:

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Accidentals and key signatures

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Representation of duration

Note sign Music-wholenote.png Music-halfnote.png Music-quarternote.png Music-eighthnote.png Music-sixteenthnote.png Music-thirtysecondnote.png Music-sixtyfourthnote.png
Rest Music-wholerest.png Music-halfrest.png Crochet2.PNG Music-eighthrest.png Music-sixteenthrest.png Music-thirtysecondrest.png Music-sixtyfourthrest.png
Equivalent number of crotchets (or beats in a 4/4 time signature) 4 2 1 1/2 1/4 1/16 1/32
English semibreve minim crotchet quaver semiquaver demisemiquaver hemidemisemiquaver
American whole note half note quarter note eighth note sixteenth note thirty-second note sixty-fourth note
Spanish redonda blanca negra corchea semicorchea fusa semifusa
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Beams connect quavers and notes of shorter value. They usually reflect the natural rhythmic grouping of notes, for example, several notes which are to be sung to one beat.

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Dotted note: One dot lengthens the note by one-half its value, two dots by three-quarters and so on. Rests can be dotted in the same manner as notes.

Time signatures

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