a cautionary symbol placed at the end of a staff or page to indicate what the note following will be
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Dot
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placed above or below the notehead it indicates a staccato, placed immediately after a note it indicates that the note should…
Corona
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Italian
musical symbol placed over a note or rest to extend its normal duration
Eighth note
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one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Clef
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symbol placed on the left of the stave which establishes the relationship between notes and their position on the staff lines…
Extension
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an horizontal line (or broken line) placed next to the right of a symbol to show that a symbol must be maintained during the…
Fermata
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Italian
musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration See fermata in Note Symbols see fermata i…
Fermate
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German
musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration See fermata in Note Symbols