Questions tagged [sheet-music]
Musical notation in written or printed form. Questions asking people to find or transcribe (make) sheet music for a particular song are off-topic.
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What is this quadruple-dotted X above the staff?
At the end of Shiro Sagisu's Robe Des Champs (KK_A09_miyagi), there is a dotted X with brackets covering two bars.
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In a classical guitar score, when a section plays very low notes, is it better to use 8va bassa, G clef transposed 1 octave down or the F clef?
My music knowledge background
I never studied music in a music school, but I've composed music for some years and know some theory that I've picked up and read about over the years. I do not have much ...
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Tips for learning and memorizing passages consisting of groups of only slightly different notes?
Not sure how to word it better. I give two examples below. On the right hand (treble clef), the small groups of notes have similar patterns but vary slightly, sometimes just an accidental's difference....
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Standard notation for left hand bars/barres on guitar when playing natural harmonics in a single fret and using a single left hand finger
I'm a self taught guitarrist and hobby musician who composes original music and who creates transcriptions/arrangements of music from other artists for classical guitar.
I've recently learned about ...
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Why is the ossia in Wilde Jagd (Transcendental Etude 8) the same as the regular part?
In Wilde Jagd (Transcendental Etude 8) by Liszt, there is an ossia on measure 191.
The ossia and non-ossia parts only differ by where the 8va is placed. But they have the same content --- the notes ...
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Distance of the stave lines?
I have not found definite answers for these two doubts, can anyone help me?
At what distance should the stave lines be?
What distance should be between staves?
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How to approach changing keys when singing from sheet music?
For the purpose of ear training and to practice reading sheet music, I am trying to sight sing from the book "Melodia - A compréhensive course in sight singing"
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How to write instrument names in a standard professional way in the sheet music
This question is about how to write instruments names on a score.
On the page at:
https://musiciandevelopment.com/2016/05/16/how-to-prepare-a-professional-score/
it states:
list the full instrument ...
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What does a lower-case "a" next to the note head mean in guitar tablature?
What do lowercase letter "a"s mean in guitar tabs?
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How do I report Errata?
I have come across instances of errors in scores (in editions I otherwise really like) that I can obviously correct for myself. The problems are twofold: First, it makes me wonder where the other ...
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Question about tempo/text markup in Lilypond
I have the following score typeset in Lilypond:
and I have two question about markup:
I typeset "ritenuto" (slow down) as \tempo "rit.". Is it correct?
How can I move \tempo &...
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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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Music Score annotations
What should music score annotations look like? Should I show every chord or only the important ones? What other music techniques do I annotate?
I am annotating it as part of a musical analysis. The ...
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Garbled Lilypond Output
I divided the notes of my score into 6 variables respectively called: \partOne, \partTwo, \partThree, \partFour, \partFive and \partSix. Each variable contains 20 measures of music. Then I call the ...
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What does this notation mean above the staff? [duplicate]
I'm learning piano and music theory. Today I came across this notation - a bracket line spanning across the width of the staff, and a number on the left. Could someone please tell me what it means? ...
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Transposing sheet music question
I know what transposing is, but I'm not sure about something. If I have some sheet music for tenor sax in A major, is that a transposed A major, or concert A major?
If the sheet music for tenor is ...
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Generate different scores from a template
I am a brand new lilypond user and I am struggling to understand what the best structure for my project might be.
Here a simplified example of it
I have a main.ly file that I was planning to use as a ...
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How to identify voice of whole note
I've got a chord of whole notes and have no idea which voice they're in.
There are other chords in the sheet music that I looked at to try to figure out the voice, but this hasn't been conclusive. At ...
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Would ABRSM accept scores from SheetMusicDirect or SheetMusicPlus in exams?
If you entered candidates into ABRSM exams would scores purchased from SheetMusicDirect or SheetMusicPlus be acceptable for exam purposes? The scores have a watermark with your details on it. These ...
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Notes extending for longer than time signature allows for [duplicate]
I can't seem to find an answer for this on the internet, so I'll try asking here. I've come across a measure that lasts for five beats when the time signature is 4/4 and
should only last for four ...
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How do I decide if my piece should be expressed as 3/4, 6/4 or 3/2?
I'm still an amateur composer, but I've been wanting to explore time signatures outside of 4/4. The trouble is, I'm having issues figuring the actual time signature of what I've written. I was ...
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Instrument key vs sheet music key [duplicate]
I have a logic problem in my head. Let me first state what I know.
recorder in A key with all closed holes plays an A.
recorder in C key with all closed holes plays a C.
in sheet music a C sits one ...
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How do you find the key of a dominant seventh chord
How do you find the key of a dominant seventh chord?
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Two instruments on the same staff in different octaves
I understand it's relatively common to have two instruments, even from different families, share a part and/or space in the score if they play the same thing throughout the whole piece. In a piece I'm ...
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Some questions about written notation; "Small" notes, rest AND note, and an "unwarranted" natural?
Key of G??
(Written for voice accompanied by Ukelele I believe)
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Numbers in the music notation for Beethoven Virus
I am going through this piece.
Here i am not able to figure out what does the numbers above the notes mean.
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J.S. Bach: March in C?
I found a copy of the notes to "March in C" by J.S. Bach, see image attached. I’d like to learn more about it, but surprisingly, I can't find information or recordings online.
Can anyone ...
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What's this curved line after this note?
It's not a slur because it doesn't connect to any other notes, so what is it?
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Standard sheet music file
I am working on a project that converts raw sheet music into MIDI, mp3 files. I did this because right now many of the sheet music players I have heard are very bad and I think I can do better. In ...
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Best place to buy good quality sheet music for violin? [closed]
My son would like to try to play songs that are not in his school book. The challenge we are facing is that every time we search for a song we are faced with tens, if not more, different sheets and we ...
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Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) -- Piano zu 7 Oktaven -- which order to play?
In Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) --
There is something saying "Piano zu 7 Oktaven" --
my question:
Which is the ordering to play these bars?
Am I understanding correctly ...
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accidentals of the treble and bass clef
I don't understand why we have to write the key signature on the bass line?
It's already precise on the treble line, so we already know the tonality of the piece.
What's more, is it possible in this ...
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Has Belwin Mills improved their bookbinding?
I'm sitting here looking at three separate books of sheet music for piano published as Kalmus Piano Series by Belwin-Mills. You know the ones; they have a cover in a solid color (often red or orange) ...
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Which staff does the dynamic apply to [duplicate]
The dynamic is in between the two staves, so does it apply to the upper staff, lower staff or both staves?
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Mozart K331 Rondo Alla Turca m.55 discrepancy (Urtext vs Urtext?)
I have the Wiener Urtext edition of the Mozart K331 (see cover image). As you can see in the picture, the 4th note of measure 55 of the Rondo Alla Turca is A (E#FGA). However, I saw two videos where ...
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Will the accidental of a mordent affect another mordent that is in the same measure?
The first mordent in this measure will be played as D , C# , D. The second mordent in the same measure doesn't have a sharp like the first mordent.
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What does this number between these 2 staff mean? [duplicate]
Johan Strauss Jr - The Beautiful Blue Danube
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In which cadence can parents reasonably expect multiple key signatures to be introduced in piano instruction?
If a child starts to play the piano at six (at or about the beginning of Grade 1) with a teacher, reading sheet music from the first lesson, at what point can one reasonably expect the pupil/teacher ...
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What is the meaning of this New Year's Resolution joke using music sheet notations?
I came across this joke while browsing the social medias of some piano dealers:
The picture depicts two staves: the one above with a G clef and the one below with the F clef. The time signature is 4 ...
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Rhythmic values don't add up in a variant of Chopin's Nocturne op. 9 no 2?
In the book Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils I found a fragment which shows 2 variants (at least that's what it looks like to me) of bar 24 of Nocturne op. 9 no 2, presented by ...
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What do these little triangles above the note mean for Euphonium/Trombone? [duplicate]
This was from a Complete Method For Trombone & Euphonium, by Joseph Alessi and Dr. Brian Bowmen. Called Arban. Page 17 of the book.
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Kuhlau Op. 55 No. 2 Movement 3 Measures 79~81 discrepancy in different editions
I'm learning Kuhlau's Sonatina Op. 55 No. 2, 3rd movement. I have the book of Kuhlau sonatinas edited by Keith Snell (see pic). I also watched the score shown in this youtube video. I found they ...
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Formatting First and Second Repetitions
Anytime I'm formatting a score with first and second repetitions I struggle on how should I write them in the score. I tend to do 4 bars for each staff (not counting pick up bars) unless the melody's ...
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Piano notes not placed as they should [duplicate]
I am reading piano music (treble clef) and there are two notes on top of each other. Yes, I know what a chord is but notes for chords are usually connected right? And the stem of the note shouldn’t be ...
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What is this "<>" thing above a note
It looks like a crescendo and a decrescendo on one note, but I don't think that's it:
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Can someone please tell me what is written on this score?
I found this writing on a certain sheet music, but I can't read it:
Can someone please tell me what this writing says, and what it means?
The composer is G. Donizetti, and the title of the piece is ...
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Notes on treble line extend down to bass line
What is happening when some notes extend down from the treble to the bass on this piano score? Piece is 'Wandering Sprite' by JC Engelbrecht
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Understanding How to Play Chord Symbols
I am 3 months into my guitar journey and I've been learning the basics with a book that's available at home. The book jumps into chords pretty quickly and is relatively clear but leaves a lot to the ...
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I want to learn transcribing music, where should I start? [closed]
I found a music notation app called Musescore, I fell in love with exploring it and started recreating music scores from another user's score for my practice, and also I started to learn video ...
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Tremolo strokes above stems with flags
Is it okay to draw tremolo strokes above/below stems with flags for more readability? Otherwise, it looks a bit tight when tremolo strokes are positioned right on a stem with a flag:
Also, I just don'...
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