What does a long arrow pointing up and down mean in an organ score?

1 Answer. 1. It indicates which staves the registration instruction apply to. But in fact your particular example seems confusing, because it indicates different stops for the two manual staves, even though the arrows link them together.

1. What does an arrow pointing up and down mean?
2. What does an up arrow symbolize?
3. What does the arrow mean in piano sheet music?

What does an arrow pointing up and down mean?

Arrows also signified direction, force, movement, power and direction of travel. When an arrow pointed to the left it meant warding off evil, pointing to the right meant protection and an arrow pointing down meant peace. Two arrows depicted together were the symbol for war.

What does an up arrow symbolize?

↑, upwards arrow, a Unicode arrow symbol. ... ↑, a mathematical symbol for "undefined"

What does the arrow mean in piano sheet music?

The arrow just denotes the direction you break the chord in. Pointing upwards would mean you start on the F, follow it with the D and finish on the top F. An arrow pointing down would mean play it the opposite way around. No arrow usually means play it from bottom to top.