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What does this line above this note mean?
Above the note C5 at rehearsal mark (3rd measure below): is the line a part of the number 4 or part of the articulation (the dot on top of the note)?
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What does a lowercase "a" mean for guitar music?
What does a lowercase letter "a" next to the notehead mean for guitar music?
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Should I provide fingering for a piano music sheet?
I am typesetting a piano piece and am wondering if I should provide fingering instructions. First I thought that it could be helpful, but I'm not sure if this is considered normal by professional ...
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What does a vertical square bracket and number indicate on a piano score? [duplicate]
Does it indicate to play the A# and C# with the same finger (a horizontal style thumb?). I’m not sure that’s possible!
Does the notation have a name?
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line for fingersettings in lilypond
I have a question if the following possible in lilypond. The lines above the bar. I have not found how I can do that.
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Suite Venezolana, I Registro by Antonio Lauro notations & fingerings [for classical (nylon strings) guitar]
As shown in the attached image,
(i) What do the numbers written in the circles indicate?
(ii)What do the numbers above the beams/below the "arm" notation indicate?
(iii) Does "arm" ...
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What are these playing instructions for classical guitar?
Throughout the score there are various CX, CVII signs and the alla breve sign (which is obviously not Alla Breve). From what I could gather, these are fingering instructions for the pinky (C), but I ...
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Can someone explain what those numbers mean? [duplicate]
Beginning of bar 2
Why are there numbers above and below the notes?
Are those two different fingerings?
What does the 14 under the half note mean?
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (First two bars):
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Roman numerals below the note in violin
I thought the number over the note was the string number for violin. But what are the roman numerals below the score?
How do I finger this score in violin? Could you number on the score please...
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2 - technical question
Quick question about the following section in Rach 2 3rd movement:
Should this be played with the right hand only? I originally assumed so, but it's such a fast section I wondered if others played it ...
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Piano chord fingering notation with only 1 finger number for multi-finger chord
The following score has suggested fingering, where some left hand chords only have one finger number indicated. Does it mean the other fingers on the same chord are obvious or whatever your preference ...
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Why are there fingerings in Liszt's Beethoven's 9th transcription, a piece for a very skilled player who presumably doesn't need the finger markings?
I was watching along with an entertaining video of Liszt's solo piano transcription of Beethoven's 9th symphony. This thing is over an hour long with numerous technical feats and is surely something ...
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Help with fingering on Chopin's Nocturne op. 9 no.2 coda
I am trying to learn this nocturne and this fingering is really confusing to me.
Why are three different, consecutive notes played with the same finger? Should I just "hop" from note to note,...
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Inferring Position Number, String, and Shifts From Sparse Fingering Notation
I'm attempting to (re)learn some violin music using the composer's desired fingering. However, my background is not in violin but in fiddle, where fingerings and positions/shifts are rarely written (...
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Alto saxophone fingering for notes written below the staff
I am a beginner on the alto saxophone. I understand the fingering for playing notes on the staff but I do not understand the fingering for playing notes below the staff. Sometimes there are two extra ...
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Violin - Sheet music notation for playing the same note at the same time
On the violin you can play a double stop where you are playing 4th finger on the D string (A note) while playing the open A string. This means that you are playing the A note on both strings. How ...
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How to know when to play what note on what string on the violin?
I'm teaching myself to play the violin and only just starting on the notes and how to read the music, but I am getting a little stuck on knowing what note to play on what string from reading the sheet ...
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What is the proper piano fingering for playing scales in thirds?
I've been learning scales and I love to play them in this fashion.
I can't seem to find a description anywhere of "proper" fingerings where there isn't a bunch of overlap. Proper is contained in ...
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Barre chord indication above the measure [duplicate]
What does the indication BVII6 mean. I know it's a barre chord position but I don't understand what the number means.
It has been suggested that I include an image so I will try:
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Fingering a chord with three pinky fingers?
This is the opening of the second movement of Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata (Op. 13), Schenker edition, published by Dover.
This edition seems to suggest playing each of the three notes comprising ...
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What does this notation mean? It is two numbers in brackets
I originally though they were (rather bad) fingering suggestions, but then I saw the second bar where the fingering suggestion is 2 4, yet this (51) still shows. What exactly does it mean then when ...
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Standard way to notate string/fret/finger?
(Mandolin)
As a composer, say I want to notate that musician should play the Bb that is on the D string at eighth fret with 4th finger. Is there a standard notation? I don't mean TAB. More like D.8 (...
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How to notate fingerings on chords/double stops?
I have a chord that requires a different hand position from the music surrounding it. Because it is only one note, I think it is unnecessary to indicate recommended position instead of recommended ...
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What does the arc under fingerings mean?
What does the arc under fingerings mean as seen in these two pictures?
It seems like first image, the arc means to transition fingerings from thumb (left hand) to second finger, but on the second ...
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Is there a standard notation for piano fingering?
Ofcourse there is the notation 1 2 3 4 5 for each finger. But are there other (quasi-)standard symbols for indicating, for example, hand movements, stretching the hand, putting the thumb under, etc.?
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The same note on two staves
On rare occasions, I encounter the same note on two staves with overlapping durations. Attached is an example from an arragement of "The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles (The note in ...
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