In American usage, musical note and restvalues have names that indicate their length relative to a whole note. A half note is half the length of a whole note, a quarter note is one … See more

Common accidentals
Accidentalsmodify the pitch of the notes that follow them on the same staff position within a measure, unless cancelled by an additional a… See more

Most music has a rhythmic pulse with a uniform number of beats—each segment of this pulse is shown as a measure. Time signatures indicate the number of beats in each meas… See more

Dynamics are indicators of the relative intensity or volume of a musical line. Rarely, even softer or louder dynamic levels are indicated by adding more ps or fs. While pp… See more

Articulations specify the length, volume, and style of attack of individual notes. This category includes accents. Articulations can be combined with one another and may appear in c… See more