Modere musikalische Symbole
Dieser Artikel stellt eine umfassende Übersicht über die in modernen Notation verwendeten verwendeten Symobole dar.
Linien
 | Notenlinien Die Notenlinen stellen ein System aus fünf waagerechten Linien dar, auf oder zwischen denen die Notenzeichen gesetzt werden. Jeder Linie ist dabei durch einen Notenschlüssel (siehe unten) eine bestimmte Tonhöhe zugeordnet. |
 | Hilfslinie Zur Darstellung von Tönen, die außerhalb der normalen fünf Notenlinien liegen, also für besonders hohe oder tiefe Töne. |
 | Taktstrich Um zwei Takte zu trennen. |
 | Doppelter Taktstrich Zur Trennung zweier Sätze oder Abschnitte. |
 | Strichlinie Zur Unterteilung langer Takte in kurze Segmente um die Lesbarkeit zu erhöhen. |
 | Schlusslinie Markiert das Ende einer Komposition oder eines Satzes. |
Notenschlüssel
Notenschlüssel dienen in der Musik dazu, im Liniensystem festzulegen, welche Tonhöhe die fünf Notenlinien repräsentieren.Jeder Schlüssel hat dafür einen Referenzton, aus dessen Position sich die Lage der anderen Töne ableitet.
Clefs define the pitch range, or tessitura, of the staff on which it is placed. A clef is usually the leftmost symbol on a staff. Additional clefs may appear in the middle of a staff to indicate a change in register for instruments with a wide range. In early music, clefs could be placed on any of several lines on a staff.
 | G clef (Treble Clef) The centre of the spiral defines the line or space upon which it rests as the pitch G above middle C, or approximately 392 Hz. Positioned here, it assigns G above middle C to the second line from the bottom of the staff, and is referred to as the "treble clef." This is the most commonly encountered clef in modern notation, and is used for most modern vocal music. |
 | C clef (Alto Clef) This clef points to the line (or space, rarely) representing middle C, or approximately 262 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the centre line on the staff middle C, and is referred to as the "alto clef." This clef is used in modern notation for the viola. |
 | F clef (Bass Clef) The line or space between the dots in this clef denotes F below middle C, or approximately 175 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the second line from the top of the staff F below middle C, and is called a "bass clef." This clef appears nearly as often as the treble clef. |
 | Neutral clef Used for pitchless instruments, such as those used for percussion. Each line can represent a specific percussion instrument within a set, such as in a drum set. Two different styles of neutral clefs are pictured here. It may also be drawn with a separate single-line stave for each untuned percussion instrument. |
Treble and bass clefs can also be modified by octave numbers. An eight or fifteen above a clef raises the intended pitch range by one or two octaves respectively. Similarly, an eight or fifteen below a clef lowers the pitch range by one or two octaves respectively.
(Vorlage, übersetzt: en:Modern musical symbols)
