Wednesday, March 3, 2010

What do the symbols in piano sheet music mean?

I printed sheet music for a song, and theres a few symbols i don't understand. There is a ';less than'; symbol under some notes, a cursive F at the start of the song, and at the end of the staffs theres a trebble clef? And some of the trebble clefs have a small 8 above it. The song is Requiem for a Dream. Please help thanks!!What do the symbols in piano sheet music mean?
Less than means getting louder along the length of the ';%26lt;';. ';%26gt;'; means getting softer.


If the F is in italics it means loudish. FF means loud and FFF means really loud.


The 8 above the treble clef means played an octave higher than written. An 8 below means played an octave below what's written.

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