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A ">" symbol above a note indicates to play it accented. A "^" above it indicates an even stronger accent. [[File:Music-marcato.png|x50px]], [[File:Music-strong-marcato.png|x50px]]
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=== Trills ===
A "tr" marking above a note indicates a trill. Rapidly alternate between the given note and the next highest note in the key. [[File:Music-trill.png|x30pxx50px]]
=== Grace Notes ===
A smaller than usual usual note with a slanted line through it slurred into a normal note indicates a grace note. This means to play the grace note with as little duration as possible, using legato to get to the normal-sized note. [[File:Music-acciaccatura.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Legato ===
Different notes above/below a curved line indicate to play them legato. [[File:Music-slur.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Staccato ===
A dot above a note means to cut its duration shorter than usual, getting a percussive feel. [[File:Music-staccato.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Quarter Tones ===
A backward flat symbol or half of a sharp symbol indicates to flat/sharp the note by a quarter step rather than a half-step, placing it between notes of the chromatic scale. [[File:Music-demisharp.svg|x30pxx50px]] [[File:Music-demiflat.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Arpeggios ===
A wavy vertical line in front of a group of notes (chord) indicates to arpeggiate the chord, playing the notes in sequence from lowest to highest quickly such that each individual note can be heard, while still giving the whole chord the duration of notes. [[File:Music-arpeggio.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Section Markings ===
Two sections can be indicated by a double bar between measures. The end of a movement is indicated by double bars at the end of the last measure, with the last bar thicker than the other. [[File:Music-doublebar.svg|x30px]] ... [[File:Music-endbar.svg|x30px]]
=== Portamento ===
A wavy line between two notes indicates portamento (or pitch slide) - to move from the first to second note by steadily ascending or descending the pitch, such as by bending or using the whammy bar. [[File:Music-glissando.svg|x30pxx50px]]
=== Octave Markings ===
"8va" with a line above notes indicates to play them one octave higher. "15ma" indicates two octaves higher. [[File:Music-ottavaalta.svgpng|x30pxx50px]] , [[File:Music-quindicesimaalta.svgpng|x30pxx50px]]
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