noteheads

Pitch markers, unfilled

Noteheads are the oval or round parts of written musical notes that sit on or between the lines of a staff.

Their shape and whether they're filled or hollow indicate duration—a hollow notehead for a half note, a filled one for a quarter note.

The noteheads were so small I could barely read the score.

score

staff

Organization's workers collectively

time signature · key signature · clef · treble · bass · alto · tenor · dynamics · articulation · chord symbols

notation

stems

Plant's main axes

sharp · flat · natural · breve · semibreve · minim · crotchet · quaver · semiquaver · rests

rhythm

duration

Length of existence

  • beatRhythmic pulse or strike
  • tempoRate of musical performance
  • meterDevice that measures usage

pulse · syncopation · subdivision · accent · downbeat · upbeat · measure · bar · triplet · value

harmony

chord

Notes sounded simultaneously

dissonance · arpeggio · root · inversion · stacking · spacing · doubling

Opposites
musical notation components

noteheadsstems

Plant's main axes

flags · beams · rests · tails · ledger lines

pitch vs. rhythm/articulation indicators

noteheadsstems

Plant's main axes

flags · beams · ties · slurs · accent marks

Family

note, notes, noted, noting, notable, notably, notation, notate, notates

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