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What do these triangles above and below the staff mean?

What do these triangles above and below the staff mean?

2 Answers. 2. 8. That's a marcato, indicating that this note/chord needs to be played much louder than the surrounding notes, even louder than with a more common sforzando accent (the wedge pointing to the right).

  1. What do upside down triangles mean in music?
  2. What are the symbols on the staff?
  3. What is the name of the small line above or below the staff that can extend below or above it?
  4. What does a triangle mean in a chord symbol?

What do upside down triangles mean in music?

A single dot above or below the body of a note means it's staccato, or short and separate. ... It's even shorter and edgier than staccato. An upside down 'V' over a note signals that it's to be played marcato, which tells the musician to strongly emphasize the note, putting power into it.

What are the symbols on the staff?

A clef is usually the leftmost symbol on a staff although a different clef may appear elsewhere to indicate a change in register. Historically, clefs could be placed on any line on a staff (or even on a space), but modern notation almost exclusively uses treble, bass, alto, and tenor clef.

What is the name of the small line above or below the staff that can extend below or above it?

A ledger line or ledger line is used in Western musical notation to notate pitches above or below the lines and spaces of the regular musical staff. A line slightly longer than the note head is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distance as the lines within the staff.

What does a triangle mean in a chord symbol?

Means major, so in your example it is Fmaj7. Sometimes you read the triangle as implying the (maj) 7 and/or 9 anyway.

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