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Rhythm slashes are diagonal lines positioned on staves that are used to indicate that performers should play something, but without specifying the exact rhythms and pitches. They are often accompanied by chord symbols to indicate the set of notes the performer should use.

Slash chords allow us (or composers) to form bass lines that move note by note, instead of jumping around. This can make the music sound more like two individual instruments playing a duet, instead of a melody with a bass line. The musical term for this is “polyphony”.

A diminished triad and a minor seventh combine to form a half-diminished seventh chord. Half-diminished seventh chords are abbreviated with a slashed circle and a 7.

The slash (/), also called the oblique, the virgule, the stroke, the solidus or the shilling mark, has several uses, all of them rather minor.

A single dash denotes "play 2 notes in the space occupied by this 1 note". A double slash indicates "play 4 notes in the spaces occupied by this 1 note".

Multiple titles / Splits When a release is a re-release of two or more other releases, a track includes two or more songs, or a split release has different titles for each artist, the title should be split as " Title 1 / Title 2" (space, slash, space).

A double slash indicates "play 4 notes in the spaces occupied by this 1 note". So I would read this as 4x 8th notes of B, and then 4x 16th notes of C and D.

greater than symbol In mathematics, the greater than symbol is a basic mathematical symbol which is used to represent the inequality between two values. The symbol used to represent the greater than inequality is “ > “.

The Forward Slash Its most common use is to mean “or” when presenting two alternatives: Each speaker will give a presentation on a topic of his/her choice. The slash here shows that either word could apply. However, you should avoid doing this too often in formal writing, where “or” is a better choice.

When you encounter these symbols, do the following: In this example, the “slashed 6” means to sharp the note 6 above the Bass - which means to include an A♯ in this chord. ♯ SHARP: Raise the note by one half step from its position in the key signature (B♭→ B♮) + PLUS: Treat the same as a sharp.

A slash is used in text to separate alternatives (good/evil) and to separate lines of poetry (Roses are red / Violets are blue / It's not a backslash / Really? Who knew?). When used for poetry, there is a space before and after the slash. Other common uses include 24/7, meaning all day, every day.

A double barline consists of two lines, both the width of single barlines, positioned half a space apart by default. It is often used to denote significant changes in the music, or to mark the placement of rehearsal marks, key signature changes, and tempo changes.