note sign
Let an agent explain note signs and their values and forms, support reading and writing notation, describe encoding and engraving standards, and support learning music notation.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain note signs and their values and forms, support reading and writing notation, describe encoding and engraving standards, and support learning music notation.
A written symbol in musical notation indicating a note or related musical element, including note values from the double whole note through whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and shorter notes to the sixty-fourth and hundred twenty-eighth note, together with rests, accidentals, ornaments, expressive marks and special signs such as the blue note in jazz notation or the finalis in chant; note signs form the vocabulary of staff notation and are standardised in engraving and encoding.
What it is for: Written symbols for notes and related elements.
It can be explain note values and forms; support reading and writing; describe standards; support learning.
Distinguishing features
Duration values
Notehead forms
Stems and flags
Standardised
What it looks like
Noteheads, stems, flags and related marks on a staff.
How it is recognised
Symbol for a note in notation
Value shown by head, stem and flags
A clef sets pitch reference; a note as sound is the thing notated
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - notated music genres
is related to - symbols and meaning
In practice
Families and kinds
note values from double whole to hundred twenty-eighth
rests
accidentals and ornaments
expressive and articulation marks
special signs in jazz, chant and other notations
Standards and regulation
Music engraving conventions
Unicode musical symbols and SMuFL fonts
MusicXML and MEI encoding standards
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing American and British note value names
Misreading flags and beams
Encoding inconsistencies
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What note signs are.
Notation.
Values
Note values.
Values
Values.
- What note values exist, how are they drawn, and how do American and British names differ? definition
- Which entry fits rhythm? action
Signs
Other signs.
Signs
Signs.
- What do rests, accidentals, ornaments and expressive marks indicate? definition
- Which entry fits a specific sign? action
Use Reading and writing.
Practice.
Read
Reading notation.
Read
Reading.
- How is this notated passage read in terms of durations and rhythm? action
- Which entry fits sight reading? action
Write
Writing and engraving.
Write
Writing.
- How are note signs written and engraved correctly, including stems, beams and spacing? action
- Which entry fits music engraving? action
Encode Encoding and fonts.
Technology.
Encoding
Digital encoding.
Encoding
Encoding.
- How are note signs encoded in Unicode, SMuFL fonts, MusicXML and MEI? provenance
- Which entry fits music encoding? action
Special
Special notations.
Special
Special.
- What special signs exist in jazz, chant, early music and contemporary notation? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific notation system? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did note signs develop from neumes to modern staff notation? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can note values be taught to beginners? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each note value be a separate entry?
- How should encoding standards be linked?
- How should notation tutorials be linked?