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What does this “Imo” sign mean?
The first character is upper-case I, or in fact Roman numeral "one." (I see that this is the character you used in asking the question, but on my device/browser it is virtually ...
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How to indicate divisi for an entire section?
To prevent the possible interpretation of double stops for the high notes (without writing “div.” on every second note), write the two parts as separate voices; give the upper voice stems pointing up, ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
The order of the sharps and flats has to do with the order in which they appear in the various keys. The key of one sharp is G major (or E minor), which has F#, and every other key containing sharps ...
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Why is this image from pianochord.org for A11 labeled as an inversion, when its lowest pitch note is an A?
I'm tempted to close this question because it's simply caused by a confusing website design, but the confusion itself can be addressed:
However under inversions, it shows this image
I see a button ...
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Why is this image from pianochord.org for A11 labeled as an inversion, when its lowest pitch note is an A?
Out of context, it's not possible to know the appropriate label. It could be any of the following:
A7sus2sus4, A9sus4, A11(no3), E-7/A, G6/A, D6sus2sus4/A, D6-9sus4/A, D11(no3, add6)/A, D13(no3)
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Do I need to indicate 'solo' for wind/brass instruments in shared staff?
One option if both horn players are performing from the same stave would be to notate the horn 1 part stems up, horn 2 part stems down.
But a direction saying "one player only" is a good ...
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Do I need to indicate 'solo' for wind/brass instruments in shared staff?
If only Horn 1 is playing, you should place a “1” above the staff where that part begins.
Similarly, if/when Horn 2 gets to play on its own, place a “2” above the staff.
When both Horn 1 and Horn 2 ...
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Tied notes that could be dotted
To make it easier to read rhythms, especially syncopated rhythms, 4/4 bars are commonly divided into two halves with an invisible barline. This forces visible notes to be seen on the "strong"...
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What does this “Imo” sign mean?
Yes, it is primo, made up from I and mo. In this case, the part is to be played by the 1st instrument, the 2nd has a rest. The 1st usually plays the higher notes, as indicated by the tail direction (...
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Why is this image from pianochord.org for A11 labeled as an inversion, when its lowest pitch note is an A?
It looks like the confusion was caused by bad website design, having a button "show/hide inversions" which shows inversions AND VOICINGS which is a separate concept. But I'll add this anyway,...
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LilyPond: How to have automatic accidentals (flat-sharp-natural) without placing “!’ or “?” every time
Lilypond has many different styles for including or omitting accidentals automatically, as documented here. Presumably, your upgrade changed the default strategy, so you should make sure to include ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
The order of the flats in a key signature is always BEADGCF. To determine what key it is, look at the flat that's second from the right. In your example that's G, so the key is G-flat major. With only ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
The order of the accidentals follows the circle of fifths. This is by no means an accident. If you consider a major scale such as
C D E F G A B C
W W S W W W S
we can ask: What is the smallest ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
If you are familiar with the circle of 5ths, the way sharps and flats are added is actually quite easy and simple. They are added in the order of the circle, or in 5ths.
F is one flat, B
Bb is two ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
Playing in several bands, the number of sharps was shown by the bandleaders by fingers. Up for sharps, down for flats. Thus, four fingers up would indicate E/C♯m, 3 down, E♭/Cm.
We also often had ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
Several people have mentioned the circle of fifth already, but I think there's still potential to showcase how versatile that thing is.
Here is one from
As people have already mentioned if you want ...
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Tied notes that could be dotted
There's a hierarchy. Show the barline (that one hasn't many exceptions, except perhaps when there's a tuplet across a barline). Show the mid-point of the bar. Show the beats. But allow simple ...
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How to indicate divisi for an entire section?
There are some answers already, I’ll add this possibility:
But in this case it is probably clear if you mark the whole passage as divisi that the single notes are unisono.
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Schumann / Scenes from Childhood
Good observation that I wish more pianists would pay more attention to in order to respect to the composer's intention, especially because this Schumann's very famous Kinderszenen album features ...
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Schumann / Scenes from Childhood
Not sure what you mean.
If you mean this
versus this
then what I see is basically three voices: One firmly in the treble clef, one in the triplets between the clefs, and one firmly in the bass clef ...
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What determines the orders of flats or sharps appearing on a key signature? Why is it not just top to bottom?
To put it simply:
It's the order in which they appear if you consider the signature with one flat/sharp first, then the one with two, then the one with three, and so on.
One flat: F major, contains Bb....
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