musical notation
English Thesaurus
1. (music) notation used by musicians (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | notation, notational system, |
| definition | : | a technical system of symbols used to represent special things (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | bar line, |
| definition | : | a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tablature, |
| definition | : | a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | musical scale, scale, |
| definition | : | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | staff, stave, |
| definition | : | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | clef, |
| definition | : | a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | key signature, signature, |
| definition | : | the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | key, tonality, |
| definition | : | any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | atonalism, atonality, |
| definition | : | the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | bar, measure, |
| definition | : | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rest, |
| definition | : | a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | musical note, note, tone, |
| definition | : | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | slur, |
| definition | : | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sharp, |
| definition | : | a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | flat, |
| definition | : | a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cancel, natural, |
| definition | : | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | accidental, |
| definition | : | a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fermata, |
| definition | : | a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | solmisation, solmization, |
| definition | : | a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | segno, |
| definition | : | (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sforzando, |
| definition | : | (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | staff line, |
| definition | : | any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | space, |
| definition | : | one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | ledger line, leger line, |
| definition | : | a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | musical score, score, |
| definition | : | a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | music, |
| definition | : | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication) |
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