Other uses A flat disambiguation A flat A music flat A musicalnote A flat music flat also called la b mol is the ninth semitone of the solf ge . It lies a diatonic semitone above G musicalnote G and a chromatic semitone below A musicalnote A , thus being enharmonic to G musicalnote G music , although in some musical tuning s, A music flat will have a different sounding pitch than G music sharp . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the A music flat above middle C or A music b sub 4 sub is approximately 415.305 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. A music flat G is the only note to have only 1 other enharmonic. See also A flat major A flat minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT A flat Category Musical notes music theory stub et As muusika ja pl As d wi k ... more details
Other uses A sharp disambiguation A music sharp A sharp or La Di se is the eleventh semitone of the solfege . It lies a chromatic semitone above A musical note A and a diatonic semitone below B musical note B , thus being enharmonic to Si B mol or B music flat B flat . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musical note A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the A music sharp above middle C is approximately 466.164 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also A sharp major A sharp minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT A sharp Category Musical notes music theory stub et Ais ja nn Aiss pl Ais d wi k ... more details
Tech Music Dictionary A br Semitones DEFAULTSORT A MusicalNote Category Musical notes be be x ... ru simple A musicalnote sk Komorn a sv A ton uk ...Unreferenced date March 2010 La or A is the sixth note of the solf ge . A is generally used as a standard for tuning. When the orchestra tunes, the oboe plays an A and the rest of the instruments tune to match that pitch. Every string instrument in the orchestra has an A string, from which each player can tune the rest of their instrument. A is also used in combination with a number e.g. A 440 to label the pitch standard. The number designates the hertz cycles per second of sound waves . A lower number equals a lower pitch. By an international treaty signed in 1939, modern pitch is standardized at A440 pitch standard A 440 . However, tuning has varied over time, geographical region, or instrument maker. In 17th century Europe , tunings ranged from about A 374 to A 403, approximately two to three semitone s below A 440. Historical examples exist of instruments, tuning forks, or standards ranging from A 309 to A 455.3, a difference of almost six semitones Citation needed date April 2010 . Although the official standard today is A 440, some orchestral groups and chamber groups prefer to tune a little higher, at A 442 or even A 444. Baroque pitch is usually cited as A 415, which is a semitone lower than modern pitch. A0 is the lowest note on the standard piano . The octaves follow A1, A2, etc.. A7 is a few pitches lower than eighth octave C C8 , the highest note on the standard piano. The note A is not considered to be a certain milestone or mark to hit with voice as, for example, Tenor C is, but it can be extremely demanding in certain octave s. Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz designation Octave name Standard frequency Hz A9 a&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined 14080 A8 ... more details
D music flat D musicalnote D flat music flat is a musicalnote lying a diatonic semitone above C musicalnote C and a chromatic semitone below D musicalnote D . It is thus enharmonic to C musicalnote C music sharp . In the French solf ge it is known as Re B mol . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of middle D music flat or D music flat sub 4 sub is approximately 277.183 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also D flat major D flat minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT D MusicalNote Category Musical notes music theory stub et Des ka ja nn Dess pl Des d wi k pt R bemol ... more details
E music flat E musicalnote E flat music flat or mi b mol is the fourth semitone of the solfege . It lies a diatonic semitone above D musicalnote D and a chromatic semitone below E musicalnote E , thus being enharmonic to D music sharp D musicalnote D sharp or Re Di se . However, in some musical temperament temperament s, D sharp is not the same as E flat. E flat is a perfect fifth below B musicalnote B music flat , whereas D sharp is a major third above B musicalnote B . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musicalnote A above middle C as A440 pitch standard 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the E music b above middle C or E music b sub 4 sub is approximately 311.127 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also List of E flat instruments E flat major E flat minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT E MusicalNote Category Musical notes music theory stub et Es muusika ka ja nn Ess pl Es d wi k ... more details
Sol Di se or G G sharp is the ninth semitone of the solfege . It lies a chromatic semitone above G musicalnote G and a diatonic semitone below A musicalnote A , thus being enharmonic to La B mol or A A flat . However, in some temperaments, it is not the same as A musicalnote A flat . A musicalnote A flat is a perfect fifth below E musicalnote E flat , whereas G sharp is a major third above E. Thus A music flat is slightly lower in pitch. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the G semitone is approximately 415.305 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. G A music flat is the only note to have only one other enharmonic. See also G sharp major G sharp minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT G MusicalNote Category Musical notes music theory stub et Gis ja nn Giss pl Gis d wi k ... more details
for the programming language F Sharp programming language F f musicalnote eff sharp music sharp or F sharp also known as fa di se or fi is the seventh semitone of the solf ge . It lies a chromatic semitone above F musicalnote F and a diatonic semitone below G musicalnote G , thus being enharmonic to Sol B mol or G music G flat . However, in some temperaments, it is not the same as G musicalnote G music flat . G music flat is a major third below B music flat , whereas F music sharp is a major third above D a minor third below A . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musicalnote A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the F music above middle C or F music sub 4 sub is approximately 369.994 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also F sharp major F sharp minor Semitones Category Musical notes music theory stub et Fis ka nl Fis muziek ja nn Fiss pl Fis d wi k simple F musicalnote ... more details
Distinguish C Sharp programming language Unreferenced date November 2008 C music sharp C Sharp music sharp is a musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C musical note C and a diatonic semitone below D musical note D . C sharp is thus enharmonic to D music flat D musical note D music flat . It is the second semitone in the French solfege and is known there as Do Di se . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musical note A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of C music sharp sub 4 sub the C music sharp above middle C is about 277.18 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also C sharp major C sharp minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT C Category Musical notes music theory stub et Cis ka ja nn Ciss pl Cis d wi k sv Ciss ... more details
D music sharp D sharp or Re Di se is the fourth semitone of the solfege . It lies a chromatic semitone above D musical note D and a diatonic semitone below E musical note E , thus being enharmonic to Mi B mol or E music flat E musical note E flat . However, in some temperaments, it is not the same as E flat. E flat is a perfect fifth below B flat , whereas D sharp is a major third above B. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the D music sharp above middle C or D music sharp sub 4 sub is approximately 311.127Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also D sharp minor E flat major D sharp major Semitones DEFAULTSORT D Musical Note Category Musical notes music theory stub et Dis fr R note de musique ka ja nn Diss pl Dis d wi k ... more details
unsourced date January 2011 G G flat or Sol B mol is the seventh semitone of the solfege . It lies a diatonic semitone above F musical note F and a chromatic semitone below G musical note G , thus being enharmonic to F F sharp or Fa Di se . However, in some temperaments, it is not the same as F musical note F music sharp . G music flat is a major third below B music flat , whereas F music sharp is a major third above D a minor third below A . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the G music b semitone is approximately 369.994 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. See also G flat major G flat minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT G Musical Note Category Musical notes music theory stub et Ges ka ja nn Gess pl Ges d wi k ... more details
Other uses B flat disambiguation B flat B music flat B musicalnote B flat music flat also called si b mol is the eleventh semitone of the Western chromatic scale starting from C musicalnote C . File B Flat.svg thumb It lies a diatonic semitone above A musicalnote A and a chromatic semitone below B, thus being enharmonic to A musicalnote A music although in some musical tuning s, B music flat will have a different sounding pitch than A music sharp . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musicalnote A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of the B music flat above middle C is approximately 466.164 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. While orchestras tune to an A provided by the oboe oboist , wind ensembles usually tune to a B flat provided by a tuba , Horn instrument horn , or clarinet . In Germany , Russia , Poland and Scandinavia this pitch is designated B, with H used to designate the B Natural music natural . Since the 1990s, B flat is often denoted Bb or Bess instead of B in Swedish music textbooks. Natural B is called B by Swedish jazz and pop musicians, but still denoted H in classical music. See B musicalnote for an explanation. See also B flat major B flat minor Semitones DEFAULTSORT B Flat Category Musical notes et B muusika it Si bemolle lv B nots nl Bes muziek ja nn Tonen B pl B d wi k sv Ton ljud B, H och Bess ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 B , also known as H , Si or Ti , is the seventh note of the solf ge . It lies a Chromatic scale chromatic semitone below C musicalnote C and is thus the enharmonic equivalent of C musicalnote C flat . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musicalnote A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of Middle B B sub 4 sub is approximately 493.883 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific br designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz br designation Octave name Frequency br Hz B sub &minus 1 sub B or B Subsubcontra align right 15.434 B sub 0 sub B or B Subcontra align right 30.868 B sub 1 sub B or B Contra align right 61.735 B sub 2 sub B Great align right 123.471 B sub 3 sub b Small align right 246.942 B sub 4 sub b&prime One lined align right 493.883 B sub 5 sub b&prime &prime Two lined align right 987.767 B sub 6 sub b&prime &prime &prime Three lined align right 1975.533 B sub 7 sub b&prime &prime &prime &prime Four lined align right 3951.066 B sub 8 sub b&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Five lined align right 7902.133 B sub 9 sub b&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined align right 15804.266 Variation of meaning by geographical region The referent of the musicalnote B varies by location. See note for a discussion on other differences in letter naming of the notes. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands, as described above, B usually refers to the note a semitone below C, while B musicalnote B flat refers to the note a Major second whole tone below C. However, in Germany, Central Europe Central and Eastern Europe , and Scandinavia , the label B is used for what, above, is called B flat, and the note a semitone below C is called H. This makes ... B major B minor Semitones Category Musical notes be be x old et H muusika eu Si musika nota fa ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 F is a musicalnote , the Perfect fourth fourth above C musicalnote C . It is also known as fa in Solfege Fixed do solf.C3.A8ge fixed do solf ge . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of Middle F F4 is approximately 349.228 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz designation Octave name Frequency Hz F sub 1 sub F Subsubcontra align right 10.913 F sub 0 sub F Subcontra align right 21.827 F sub 1 sub F Contra align right 43.654 F sub 2 sub F Great align right 87.307 F sub 3 sub f Small align right 174.614 F sub 4 sub f&prime One lined align right 349.228 F sub 5 sub f&prime &prime Two lined align right 698.457 F sub 6 sub f&prime &prime &prime Three lined align right 1396.913 F sub 7 sub f&prime &prime &prime &prime Four lined align right 2793.826 F sub 8 sub f&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Five lined align right 5587.652 F sub 9 sub f&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined align right 11175.303 See also F major F minor Semitones music theory stub Category Musical notes be be x old et F muusika eu Fa musika nota fa ko it Fa nota he ka lv Fa nots lmo FA n ta m segala nl F muziek ja nn Tonen F pl F d wi k pt F ru uk ... more details
D is a musicalnote a Major second whole tone above C musicalnote C , and is known as Re within the solfege system. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of middle D D sub 4 sub is approximately 293.665 Hz. See pitch music pitch for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz designation Octave name Frequency Hz D sub 1 sub D or D Subsubcontra align right 9.177 D sub 0 sub D or D Subcontra align right 18.354 D sub 1 sub D or D Contra align right 36.708 D sub 2 sub D Great align right 73.416 D sub 3 sub d Small align right 146.832 D sub 4 sub d&prime One lined align right 293.665 D sub 5 sub d&prime &prime Two lined align right 587.33 D sub 6 sub d&prime &prime &prime Three lined align right 1174.659 D sub 7 sub d&prime &prime &prime &prime Four lined align right 2349.318 D sub 8 sub d&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Five lined align right 4698.636 D sub 9 sub d&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined align right 9397.273 Semitones music theory stub See also D major D minor Category Musical notes be be x old et D muusika eu Re musika nota fa fr R note de musique gl Re m sica it Re nota he ka lv Re nots lmo MI n ta m segala nl D muziek ja nn Tonen D pl D d wi k pt R nota ru uk vec Re musica ... more details
Sol , So , or G is the fifth note of the solf ge starting on C. As such it is the dominant music dominant , a perfect fifth above C. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A musicalnote A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of Middle G G sub 4 sub note is approximately 391.995 Hz. See pitch music pitch for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. Its enharmonics are F music and A music bb . Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz designation Octave name Frequency Hz G sub 1 sub G Subsubcontra align right 12.25 G sub 0 sub G Subcontra align right 24.5 G sub 1 sub G Contra align right 48.999 G sub 2 sub G Great align right 97.999 G sub 3 sub g Small align right 195.998 G sub 4 sub g&prime One lined align right 391.995 G sub 5 sub g&prime &prime Two lined align right 783.991 G sub 6 sub g&prime &prime &prime Three lined align right 1567.982 G sub 7 sub g&prime &prime &prime &prime Four lined align right 3135.964 G sub 8 sub g&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Five lined align right 6271.927 G sub 9 sub g&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined align right 12543.854 See also G major G minor Semitones music theory stub Category Musical notes be be x old et G muusika eu Sol musika nota fa it Sol nota he ka lv Sol nots lmo SOL n ta m segala nl G muziek ja nn Tonen G pl G d wi k pt Sol nota ro Sol not ru uk vec Sol musica ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 E or mi is the third note of the solf ge . When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 hertz Hz , the frequency of Middle E E sub 4 sub is approximately 329.628 Hz. See pitch music for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. Designation by octave class wikitable Scientific pitch notation Scientific designation Helmholtz pitch notation Helmholtz designation Octave name Frequency Hz E sub 1 sub E or E Subsubcontra align right 10.301 E sub 0 sub E or E Subcontra align right 20.602 E sub 1 sub E or E Contra align right 41.204 E sub 2 sub E Great align right 82.407 E sub 3 sub e Small align right 164.814 E sub 4 sub e&prime One lined align right 329.628 E sub 5 sub e&prime &prime Two lined align right 659.255 E sub 6 sub e&prime &prime &prime Three lined align right 1318.51 E sub 7 sub e&prime &prime &prime &prime Four lined align right 2637.021 E sub 8 sub e&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Five lined align right 5274.041 E sub 9 sub e&prime &prime &prime &prime &prime &prime Six lined align right 10548.082 See also E major E minor Semitones music theory stub Category Musical notes be be x old et E muusika eu Mi musika nota fa it Mi nota he ka lv Mi nots nl E muziek ja nn Tonen E pl E d wi k pt Mi nota ru uk zh E ... more details
About the musical term refimprove date April 2010 In music , the term note has two primary meanings A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch music pitch of a sound A pitched sound itself. Notes are the atoms of much Western music musical analysis Discretization discretizations of musical phenomena that facilitate performance, comprehension, and musical analysis analysis . ref Nattiez 1990, p.81n9 ref The term note can be used in both generic and specific senses ... bb , lowering it by that amount. In musical notation, accidentals are placed before the note symbols ... musical instruments and computers uses a straight count starting with note 0 for C 1 at 8.1758 ... 4 Octave naming systems rowspan 2 frequency br of A musicalnote A Hz traditional shorthand numbered ... order, with no key signature or accidentals. Note frequency hertz Main Mathematics of musical scales ... scales Diatonic and chromatic Ghost note Grace note Money noteMusical temperament Note value Pensato ... eo Muziknoto eu Musika nota fa fr Note de musique gl Nota musical ko hr Note io Noto is N ta ... begins with two repetitions of the same note. In the former case, one uses note to refer to a specific musical event in the latter, one uses the term to refer to a class of events sharing the same pitch. File Treble a.svg right 250px thumb The A noteNote name See also Key signature names ... other names as in the table below . The eighth note, or octave is given the same name as the first ... Hz, is named a or A4. There are two formal ways to define each note and octave, the Helmholtz ... name.svg frame right Frequency vs Position on Treble Clef . Each note shown has a frequency of the previous note multiplied by math sqrt 12 2 math Letter names are modified by the accidental music accidentals . A sharp music sharp music sharp raises a note by a semitone or half step, and a flat music ... a frequency ratio of math sqrt 12 2 math , approximately 1.059. The accidentals are written after the note ... more details
The Note may refer to Music The Note album The Note album , a Bane album The Note , a song from Daryle Singletary s album Ain t It the Truth Television The Note Dynasty The Note Dynasty , a fourth season episode of American television drama series Dynasty The Note Seinfeld The Note Seinfeld , a third season episode of the American television comedy series Seinfeld The Note film The Note film , a TV movie shown on Hallmark Channel Other The Note ABC News The Note ABC News , a summary and analysis of political news stories by ABCNews.com The Note video game The Note video game , a video game released for the PlayStation disambig ... more details
wiktionary MusicalmusicalMusical is the adjective form of music . It may also refer to MusicAL Albanian Television channel which broadcasts Albanian folk music Musical artist Musical composer Musical composition , an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music Musical ensemble , a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music Musical film musicals on film produced for the cinema Musical instrument , a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds Musical Instrument Digital Interface , an industry standard protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other electronic equipment to communicate and synchronize with each other Musical keyboard , the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano Musical theatre any dramatic work heavily involving music often called a musicalMusical Merry Go Round , a NBC TV series which aired from 1947 to 1949 disambig ca Musical he pt Musical ... more details
MusicAL is a 24 hour Albania n television music channel. MusicAL is owned by Top Media which also owns Top Channel and DigitALB . MusicAL is available via DigitALB on satellite and terrestrial and via Home2US in North America . Category Albanian media Category Television in Albania Albania stub Euro tv stub ... more details
file deadnote.png thumb right alt Illustration of dead note in standard notation and guitar tablature Illustration of dead note in musical notation and guitar tablature In music , a dead note , also known as a false note, has a rhythmic value, but no discernable pitch music pitch when played. On stringed instruments, this is played by sounding a mute music muted string. In musical notation , this is represented by an X or a note head in parentheses. http www.music.vt.edu musicdictionary textf falsenote.html See also Music theory Ghost note Music theory stub WikiProject Music Related WikiProjects Category Musical notation Category Musical performance techniques ... more details
C Note may refer to C Note album C Note album , an album by Prince C Note band , an Orlando boy band C Note rapper , an American rapper Slang for the United States one hundred dollar bill C musicalnote Benjamin Miles C Note Franklin , a character in Prison Break cNote film cNote film , an animated short by Christopher Hinton disambig nl C Note ... more details
This next HTML line lets the Musical notation template box clear the images, avoiding collisions div style clear both div See also musical notation Musicalnote values Category Musical notation ...image Sixteenth notes and rest.png thumb right Figure 1. A sixteenth note with stem facing up, a sixteenth note with stem facing down, and a sixteenth rest. image Sixteenth note run.png thumb right Figure 2. Four sixteenth notes beamed together. In music , a sixteenth note American or semiquaver British also occasionally demiquaver is a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note , hence the name. The semiquaver is half of a quaver which is an eighth note. Sixteenth notes are notated with an oval, filled in note head and a straight note stem with two flag note flag s. see Figure 1 . A similar symbol is the sixteenth rest or semiquaver rest , which denotes a silence for the same duration. As with all notes with stems, sixteenth notes are drawn with stems to the right of the notehead, facing up, when they are below the middle line of the musical staff . When they are on or above the middle line, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down. Flags are always on the right side of the stem, and curve to the right. On stems facing up, the flags start at the top ... up. When multiple sixteenth notes or eighth note s or thirty second notes, etc. are next to each other, the flags may be connected with a Beam music beam , like the notes in Figure 2. Note the similarities in notating sixteenth notes and eighth note s. Similar rules apply to smaller divisions such as thirty second note s demisemiquavers and sixty fourth note s hemidemisemiquavers . In Unicode , U 266C is a pair of beamed semiquavers. The note derives from the semifusa in mensural notation . However, semifusa also designates the modern sixty fourth note in Spanish. The name of this note and rest in European languages varies greatly class wikitable Language note name rest name Dutch zestiende ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A bent note is a musicalnote that is varied in Pitch music pitch . With Fret unfretted strings or other continuous pitch instruments such as the trombone , or with the human Vocal music voice , such variation is more properly described in terms of Intonation music intonation . Bent notes are commonly played on fretted instruments, literally by bending the string with excess finger pressure, or on Free reed aerophone free reed instruments such as the harmonica , by using excess air pressure to overblow the reed. On brass instruments such as the trumpet, the note is bent by using the lip. The bent note is commonly found in various forms of jazz and blues . See also Bend guitar Blue note Hexatonic scale Blues scale DEFAULTSORT Bent Note Category Musical notation Music theory stub ... more details
& Company. ISBN 0 393 97991 1 ref References Reflist See also Note stem Note value Musical notation DEFAULTSORT Note Head Category Musical notation music stub no Notehode ...Refimprove date March 2011 Image Parts of a note.svg right 150px thumb Parts of the note In music, a note head is the elliptical part of a note . Noteheads may be coloured completely black or white, indicating the note value i.e., rhythmic duration . In a whole note , the note head is the only component of the note. Shorter note values attach a stem music stem to the note head, and possibly beam music beam s or flags. The longer double whole note can be written with vertical lines surrounding it, two attached note heads, or a rectangular note head. Citation needed date March 2011 Image Punctum1.gif right 50px thumb Punctum History Note heads ultimately derive from the neume s used to notate Gregorian chant . The punctum, seen at right, is the simplest of the shapes and most clearly anticipates the modern note head. When placed on a clef , the position of a note head indicated the relative frequency of a note. The development of different colors of note heads, and the use of it to indicate rhythmic values, was the use of white mensural notation , adopted around 1450. Citation needed date March 2011 Franco of Cologne , ancient composer and music theorist, codified a system of rhythm notation. He explained this system in his work, Ars Cantus Mensurabilis, which means The Art of Measurable Music circa 1280. In this system, the relative duration of notes was indicated by the note shapes. The note heads were rectangles, squares, or diamonds depending on the note length. This system ... of the Franconian and Ars Nova style with open note heads. During the Renaissance, composers added shorter note durations that used filled in note heads. Near the end of the 16th century, the square or diamond shaped notes changed to the round note heads that are used today. ref Burkholder, J.P. ... more details
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