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Search ArticlesMusic Notation Symbols Chart
Music Notation Symbols Chart A searchable reference to the marks in written music · 9 groups, 59 symbols · type what you are looking for, or browse Search is the quickest way in. Type what you are looking at — a name you half-remember (“fermata”), a time signature (“6/8”), or just what it seems to do (“loud”, “silence”, “repeat”). Tap a result and the chart jumps straight to it.
Secondary Dominant Explorer
Temporary-tonic flight control Secondary Dominant Explorer Aim a dominant seventh at one diatonic destination, inspect the two tendency voices, and hear a temporary arrival without mistaking it for a full modulation. Home key Mission tempo92 BPM Master output62% Destination pads Stable targets ii–vi; vii° is omitted. Launch briefing The chromatic dominant and its temporary target.
Stretto Overlap Calculator for Fugue Entries
🎼Stretto Presets 🎵Entry Timing Inputs Fugue or Canon Context Changes the suggested density and warning threshold. Answer Relationship Used to adjust the clarity note and density score. Meter: Beats per Bar Use the conducting beat, not necessarily the notated denominator. Subject Length (Bars) Full subject span before the next episode or countersubject handoff. Extra Subject Beats Add pickup, tail, or cadence beats beyond whole bars.
Imitation Delay Calculator for Canon Entries
🎵Real Imitation Presets 🎼Imitation Inputs Tempo Beats per minute for the notated pulse. Beat Unit Motive Length Length in beats before the motive completes. Entry Delay Base wait before the next voice imitates. Rhythmic Displacement Positive values enter later; negative values anticipate. Voices Interval of Imitation Overlap Reading Current setup: 4 voices, 2-beat delay, perfect fifth imitation.
Instrument Frequency Range
Instrument Frequency Range Where each instrument sits in the audible spectrum · fundamental pitch, on a logarithmic scale · tap a bar to hear its lowest and highest note Tap any bar to select that instrument. You will hear its lowest note, then its highest, and the readout gives both note names, both frequencies in hertz, and how many octaves it covers.
Diatonic Chord Explorer
Harmonization worktable Diatonic Chord Explorer Stack thirds on every scale degree, expose each voice, then shape the seven native chords into a progression with minimal motion. Tonic Master volume68% Tonic familyPredominant familyDominant family Choose a stack to hear and dissect it. Its notes are spelled from the selected key, not renamed enharmonically. Smaller total movement usually produces a smoother connection. “Tighten the voices” finds the nearest inversion automatically.
Isorhythm Talea Color Cycle Calculator
Isorhythm Talea Color Cycle Calculator Calculate when a rhythmic talea and melodic color reunite, how many repeats each layer needs, where cadences can align, and how long the complete isorhythmic cycle lasts. 🎼 Talea And Color Presets Choose a medieval motet model or a modern compositional sketch, then edit the pulse counts, offsets, tempo, and pattern labels. The calculator uses least common multiple math for the full cycle.
8 Piece Drum Kit Setup Diagram
8 Piece Drum Kit Setup Diagram Where every drum goes, seen from above · drum sizes drawn to scale · tap any piece to hear it This is the kit seen from above, with the player seated at the dashed circle at the bottom. Every drum is drawn to scale, so a 22″ bass drum really is nearly three times the width of an 8″ rack tom. Tap any piece to hear it and read its size and job. What the “8” actually counts. A kit is named by its number of drums — shells only. Cymbals and hardware are never counted.
Chord Tone Highlighter
Chord in focus Cmaj7 C · E · G · B Root position · close register Root ring12 pitch centers Triad lensspelling changes with quality Upper structurecomplete stacks; mute omissions below Tap any lens to include or mute that exact chord tone Tap a lane to isolate its voice C3 · lowB4 Tinted keys are chord tones; bottom bars are the current voicing A · Cmaj7 · C E G B Cmaj7 is focused. Tap a key, role lens, or voice lane to hear what it contributes.
Rubato Deviation Percent Calculator
Notated tempo Marked tempo in beats per minute. Beat unit Measured beat span Number of notated beats in the phrase segment. Actual timing Measured elapsed seconds for that same span. Expressive direction Phrase type Performer style Meter context Interpretive target Takes averaged Use more than one take when timing is variable.