Music notation terms sit around the notes: clefs, markings, score directions and small written instructions. This page gathers the notation side of the terminology project without turning the lexicon into a generic symbol chart.
Notation guides
Notation instructions in the lexicon
- am Rand Am Rand means at the edge: move the contact or striking point toward the edge of the indicated sounding surface; write the phrase in full.
- con le unghie Con le unghie means with the fingernails: use nail contact instead of the ordinary fingertip; write the complete Italian phrase in full.
- con oggetto di legno Con oggetto di legno means with a wooden object: use a specifically suitable bare wooden implement for the notated action; write the complete Italian phrase in full.
- con oggetto metallico Con oggetto metallico means with a metal object: use a specifically suitable metal implement for the notated action; write the complete Italian phrase in full.
- Doppelgriff Doppelgriff, abbreviated Doppelgr., is a double stop: sound two strings together on one bowed string instrument.
- gewöhnlich Gewöhnlich means ordinary or normal: resume the locally conventional production; write the German word in full.
- in der Mitte In der Mitte means in the centre: move the contact or striking point to the centre of the indicated sounding surface; write the phrase in full.
- ordinaire Ordinaire means ordinary or normal: return to the locally conventional way of playing; write the French word in full.
- wie gewöhnlich Wie gewöhnlich means as usual: return to the locally established ordinary way of playing; write the complete German phrase in full.