Musical notation

Empty staff

Piano staff

Staff

Bar line

Double bar line

Dotted bar line

End bar line

Ledger lines

Maxima note

Maxima rest

Longa note

Longa rest

Alternate breve note

Breve note

Breve rest

Whole note

Whole rest

Half note

Half rest

Quarter note

Quarter rest

Eighth note

Eighth rest

16^th note

16^th rest

32^nd note

32^nd rest

64^th note

64^th rest

128^th note

Beam between two notes

Dotted note

Multi-measured rest

G clef

C clef

F clef

Neutral clefs

Breath mark

Caesura

Double flat

Flat-and-a-half

Flat

Half flat

Natural

Half sharp

Sharp

Sharp-and-a-half

Double sharp

Flat key signature

Sharp key signature

Time signature

Common (4/4) time

Cut (2/2) time

Tie

Slur

Legato

Ligature

Glissando

Dissonance

Triplet

Seisillo

Chord

Arpeggio

Mezzo piano

Piano

Pianissimo

Mezzo forte

Forte

Fortissimo

Sforzando

Crescendo

Diminuendo

Staccato

Staccatissimo

Marcato

Strong marcato

Left hand pizzicato

Snap pizzicato

Natural harmonic

Tenuto

Fermata

Sull'arco

Giù arco

Trill

Mordent

Grupetto

Appoggiatura

Acciaccatura

Down pedal

Up pedal

Variable pedal

Ottava alta

Ottava bassa

Quindicesima alta

Quindicesima bassa

Ottava alta example

Tremolo

Repeat marks

Simile marks

Volta brackets

Da capo

Dal segno

Segno

Coda

Metronome mark

Parts of a musical note

Image of hemidemisemiquavers (or sixty-fourth notes) and rest.

Image of two groups of 16 hemidemisemiquavers (or sixty-fourth notes) beamed together in a staff

Image of a demisemiquaver (or thirty-second note) rest.

Demisemiquaver

Two demisemiquavers (or thirty-second notes) - stems up and down - and a thirty-second rest.

Image of two groups of 8 demisemiquavers (or thirty-second notes) beamed together in a staff

Two sixteenth notes (stems up and down) and a sixteenth rest on a staff.

Four sixteenth notes beamed together on a staff.

Four eighth notes beamed together on a staff.

Two eighth notes (stems up and down) and an eighth rest on the staff.

two quarter notes (stems up and down) and a quarter rest on a staff.

Two half notes (stems up and down) and a half rest.

A whole note and a whole rest on a staff. Created for the whole note article

Three different forms of the breve or double whole note.

The breve or double whole note rest.

music clefs.

music rests.

music notes.

Measures 1-9 of Fuga a 3 voci by J.S. Bach

c natural, clef treble in 4/4

C sharp note on a treble clef

A flat on a treble clef

Blue thirty-second notes/demisemiquavers

Fermata

Fermata

Ties, slurs and ligature