Western music notation
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Western music notation is the standardized system of written symbols used to represent pitch, rhythm, and other musical elements in most European and Western-derived musical traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western staff notation | 1 |
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music notation system
ⓘ
writing system for music ⓘ |
| basedOn | five-line staff ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
classical music
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ many popular music genres ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
cipher notation
ⓘ
non-Western traditional notation systems ⓘ tablature notation ⓘ |
| developedFrom | neumatic notation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
accidental
ⓘ
articulation marking ⓘ barline ⓘ beam ⓘ clef ⓘ dynamic marking ⓘ flag ⓘ key signature ⓘ measure ⓘ notehead ⓘ repeat sign ⓘ rest symbol ⓘ slur ⓘ staff ⓘ stem ⓘ tempo marking ⓘ tie ⓘ time signature ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | medieval Europe ⓘ |
| represents |
duration using note shapes
ⓘ
meter using time signatures ⓘ relative pitch using vertical position ⓘ tonality using key signatures ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | Common practice period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
complex rhythms
ⓘ
harmony ⓘ polyphony ⓘ |
| usedFor |
composing music
ⓘ
performing music from written scores ⓘ representing articulation ⓘ representing dynamics ⓘ representing musical sound visually ⓘ representing pitch ⓘ representing rhythm ⓘ representing tempo ⓘ |
| usedIn |
European musical traditions
ⓘ
North American musical traditions ⓘ many Western-derived musical cultures ⓘ |
| usesSymbol |
C clef
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F clef ⓘ G clef ⓘ accent mark ⓘ crescendo marking ⓘ decrescendo marking ⓘ eighth note ⓘ fermata ⓘ flat sign ⓘ half note ⓘ legato slur ⓘ natural sign ⓘ quarter note ⓘ sharp sign ⓘ sixteenth note ⓘ staccato dot ⓘ whole note ⓘ whole rest ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Western staff notation