| Lines | Clefs | Notes | Extra Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Staff | The Treble Clef | Double Whole Note | Beamed notes |
| Ledger Lines | The Bass CLef | Whole Note | Dotted note |
| Bar Line | The C Clef | Half Note | Ghost note |
| Double Bar Line | The Rhythm Clef | Quarter Note | Multi-measure rest |
| Line Double | The Neutral Clef | Sixteenth Note | |
| Bracket | Tablature | Thirty-second note | |
| Grand Staff | Octave Clef | Sixty-fourth note | |
| Measure |
| Accidentals | Breaks | Rests | Quarter tones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | Breath mark | Double Whole Rest | Demiflat |
| Sharp | Caesura | Whole Rest | Flat-and-a-half |
| Natural | Half Rest | Demisharp | |
| Double flat | Quarter Rest | Sharp-and-a-half | |
| Double sharp | Sixteenth Rest | ||
| Thirty-second Rest | |||
| Sixty-fourth Rest |
| Time signatures | Note relationships | Dynamics | Articulation marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/4 | Tie | Pianississimo | Staccato |
| 3/4 | Slur | Pianissimo | Staccatissimo |
| 2/4 | Glissando | Piano | Spiccato |
| 6/8 | Portamento | Mezzo piano | Accent |
| 9/8 | Tuplet | Mezzo forte | Tenuto |
| 4/12 | Quintillo | Forte | Marcato |
| Common time | Arpeggiated Line | Fortissimo | Left-hand pizzicato |
| Alla breve | Chord | Sforzando | Stopped note |
| Metronome mark | Crescendo | Snap pizzicato | |
| Tempo | Diminuendo | Natural harmonic | |
| Tempo | Decrescendo | Fermata | |
| Tempo | Forte-piano | Up or Down bow |
| Ornaments | Octave signs | Repetition | Instrument-specific |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trill | Octave Higher | Tremolo | Picking |
| Upper mordent | Octave Lower | Repeat signs | Engage pedal |
| Lower mordent | Quindicesima Higher | Simile marks | Release pedal |
| Turn | Quindicesima Lower | Volta brackets | Variable pedal mark |
| Appoggiatura | 1st and 2nd endings | Una corda | |
| Grace note | Da capo | Con sordino | |
| Acciaccatura | Dal segno | Senza sordino | |
| Segno | Pizzicatto | ||
| Coda |