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The Elements of Music Notation
Figure A-1 shows the music for the song “Shine On Harvest Moon” with the
various notational elements numbered.
1
13
Moderately slow
6
& b 4 20 F
. ˙
2
& b
˙
14
25
Shine on,
Snow time
Count: 1 2 3 4
˙ .
22
Œ
3
sky.
19
spoon.
1 2 3 4
8 9 10a
15
œ œ j
# œ œ j
nœ
nœ
4
˙ œ .# œ nœ .
5
shine on, hartime
to stay
out-
doors and
the
vest moon
up in
ain’t no
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
˙
˙
I ain’t
Shine on,
1 2 3 4
11
1. >
10b
œ œ œ œ œ œ
had no lov - in’ since
1 2 3 4
& b œ.
.
œ œ.
œ œ.
œ œ.
œ œ.
œ œ . œ œ Œ
& b
Jan - u - ar - y, Feb - ru- ar - y,
1 2 3 4
2.
œ œ œ >
24
œ
J œ .
shine on, har - vest
1 2 3 4
œ .
26
18
June or Ju - ly.
1 2 3 4
rit.
21
j
œ .
œ . œ .
œ œ .
23
moon, for me and my gal.
1 2 3 4
f
w
7
12
17
1 2 3 4
16
Figure A-1:
Music for
“Shine On
Harvest
Moon.”
Pitch
1. Staff
2. Clef
3. G note
4. Ledger lines
5. Accidentals
6. Key Signature
Rhythm
7. Whole note
8. Half note
9. Quarter note
10. Eighth note
a. flagged
b. beamed
11. Sixteenth note
12. Rest
13. Tempo heading
14. Time signature
15. Bar line
16. Double bar
17. Measure
18. Tie
19. Augmentation dot
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Expression/Articulation
20. Dynamic marking
21. Crescendo and Ritardando
22. Slur
23. Staccato dot
24. Accent
25. Repeat sign
26. Ending brackets