signs placed on the clef to mark the number and position of the sharps or flats in the key in which the piece is being written, , i.e. key signature, and to indicate the number of beats in a bar, i.e. time signature
Signature
Related Dictionary Terms
Sextuple time
Shared keywords
a compound meter with six beats to every bar
Signs
Shared keywords
symbols placed on or near a staff indicating performance specifications for pitch, dynamics, time duration, accidentals, phra…
Soprano Clef
Shared keywords
See clef in Staff, Barline, & Clef
Staff
Shared keywords
a framework of five lines on which musical notation is written. see Staff, Barline, & Clef See Elements of Standard Notation…
Allemand
Shared keywords
French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Allemande
Shared keywords
French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almain
Shared keywords
French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almand
Shared keywords
French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…