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· a - Lower case letters are quarter notes · AB- Upper case letters are half notes · A! - An exclamation point indicates the previous note is held for an additional quarter note · [AA!] - Brackets indicate the note should be held for the sum of the symbols · _ - One space is a quarter rest · , is a quarter rest · ; is a half rest · . is a whole rest · A paragraph break is two whole rests · “abc” & {abc} - Quotation marks and secondary brackets indicate that every symbol between them are played twice as fast · : indicates the previous note is held until the note dies · ^ indicates the previous key should be one half-step sharper · Numerals informs the player to turn the volume on the amplifier to the specified digit (1-0) · a? - A question mark indicates that the previous note is held for four times as long with tremolo · Bold letters are stricken hard · Italicized letters are stricken lightly · Underlined letters are hit repeatedly within the time · (abc) - Parentheses indicates a chord or a string of chords separated by rests · A chord consists of letters which are played simultaneously and held for the time signified by the first letter of the chord |