an arrangement of sharps or flats placed on the far left hand side of each line of the staff, indicating scale of the piece See key signature in Elements of a Musical Score See Elements of Standard Notation for Classical Guitar See Table of Key Signatures
Key signature
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Key Center
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Theory
A key center organizes harmonic tension and release around a tonic. Identifying key center helps performers shape phrasing, c…
Key note
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the first note of the scale upon which a piece of music is based
Left hand fingerings
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See Left hand fingerings in Elements of a Musical Score See Left hand fingerings in Left & Right Hand Fingerings See Elements…
i
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Index finger of the right hand See p,i,m,a in Left & Right Hand Fingerings
Linke hand
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German
left hand
a
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Ring finger of the right hand See p,i,m,a in Left & Right Hand Fingerings
Accent
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a stress or emphasis placed upon a note or a passage indicating an elevated importance See Accents in Elements of a Musical S…
Barline
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a vertical line drawn across the staff to mark off measures of a particular length, containing a number of notes whose total…