standard music notation practice William Wieland
Table of Contents
Placement of General Matter
Notes and Stems
Beams (Ligatures) *

Placement of Note Heads and Accidentals
Placement of Dynamics
Modifying Symbols

Time Spacing
Placement of Instruction Words
Bar Lines

Grace Notes
Metric Groups
D.C., D.S., and Endings
Miscellaneous
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* Beam = Ligature throughout this guide.