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Description

Some example music notation. The five horizontal lines running the length of the picture make up the staff. From left to right, the symbols on the staff are:

the treble en:clef
a en:time signature (4/4)
a C en:whole note (semibreve)
a bar line
a B en:half note (minim)
a C half note on a en:ledger line
another bar line
a time signature change (to 2/4)
an F en:quarter note (crochet)
an A en:eighth note (quaver)
an F-sharp en:sixteenth note (semiquaver) beamed to an
E-flat sixteenth note
a double bar line

Source

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Created with GNU LilyPond and post-processed with GraphicConverter.

Date

2003-09-21 (first version); 2004-11-27 (last version)

Author

Original uploader was Dysprosia at en.wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Bdesham at en.wikipedia.

Permission
(Reusing this image)

This image has been released into the public domain by its author, bdesham. This applies worldwide.

In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
bdesham grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

LilyPond source

The musical notation in this image was rendered by GNU LilyPond, a free-software engraving program. Here is a listing of the LilyPond source used to create this file.

\version "2.4.2"

tune = \relative c'' {
  \clef treble
  \key c \major
  
  \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
  \time 4/4

  c1
  b2 c,

  \time 2/4
  f'4 a,8 fis16[ ees]

  \bar "|."
}

\score {
  \new Staff \tune
  \layout { raggedright = ##t }
}

Original upload log

(All user names refer to en.wikipedia)

2004-11-27 18:15 Bdesham 425×73×4 (1694 bytes) better-looking version made with lilypond
2003-09-21 13:47 Dysprosia 485×324×8 (9500 bytes) Diagram of some musical symbols, ed by myself, w/ great thanks to Camembert

Image:Music notation.png.html

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