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Learn about the marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. Find out the meanings and functions of clefs, lines, bars, braces, brackets, and more.
Learn about the Unicode block that contains characters for representing modern musical notation, such as notes, beams, ties and slurs. See the code chart, the fonts that support it and the Unicode history of this block.
A staff is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that represent musical pitches or percussion instruments. Learn how staff positions, clefs, time signatures, braces, brackets and divisi indicate different musical effects and how staff notation evolved from neumes to modern notation.
Shape notes are a system of symbols that help singers find pitches within major and minor scales without key signatures. Learn about the history, types, and effectiveness of shape notes, and how they are used in various music traditions, especially in the US.
A ledger line or leger line is a musical notation device to indicate pitches above or below the staff. Learn about its origin, usage, and alternatives in different instruments and clefs.
Staccato is a form of musical articulation that indicates a note of shortened duration, separated from the note that may follow by silence. Learn about the history, notation, and variations of staccato and staccatissimo in music.
A grace note is a musical ornament that can be notated with or without a slash through the stem. Learn how grace notes are interpreted in different styles and instruments, such as bagpipe, Indian classical music and Western classical music.
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music, that originated in medieval Europe and spread across the world. Learn about the characteristics, origins, transmission and classification of ballads, as well as their influence on literature and music.