Musical Symbol Chart

Lines Clefs Notes and Rests Breaks and Pause Accidentals Time signatures Note relationships Dynamics Articulations / Accents Ornaments Octave signs Repetition and codas Keyboard Notations

Notes and Rests

Breaks and Pause

Accidentals

Articulations / Accents

Octave signs

Repetition and codas

Keyboard Notations

Keyboard Hand Directives

Left Hand Directives

L.H.
M.g.
L.H.
M.s.
M.s.
C.s.
C.s.

[English] left hand
[French] main gauche
[German] linke Hand
[Italian] mano sinistra
[Italian] mano sinistro
[Italian] colla sinistra
[Italian] col sinistra

Right Hand Directives

R.H.
M.d.
R.H.
M.d.
C.d.
C.d.

[English] right hand
[French] main droite
[German] rechte Hand
[Italian] mano destra
[Italian] colla destra
[Italian] col destra

Piano Pedal Markings

Markings to Depress Pedal

Depress damper pedal

Depress soft pedal

Depress sostenuto pedal

Markings to Release Pedal

Release damper pedal

Release soft pedal