musical notation

Noun
  1. (music) notation used by musicians (synset 106827728)
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
    subtypes:
    • bar line - a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars
    • tablature - a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
    • musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
    • interval, musical interval - the difference in pitch between two notes
    • staff, stave - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
    • clef - a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
    • key signature, signature - the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
    • key, tonality - any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
    • atonalism, atonality - the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
    • musical time signature, time signature - a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat
    • bar, measure - musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
    • rest - a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
    • musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
    • slur - (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
    • sharp - a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
    • flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
    • cancel, natural - a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
    • accidental - a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
    • fermata - a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount
    • solmisation, solmization - a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters
    • segno - (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated
    • sforzando - (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
    has:
    • staff line - any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff
    • space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
    • ledger line, leger line - a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
    is a part of: musical score, score - a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages

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