What’s on the Articulation poster
A 6-row table: Mark · Name · Play it.
Each mark sits directly above or below its notehead.
- · — Staccato — Short and detached — about half its written length
- ‾ — Tenuto — Full length, slightly leaned on
- > — Accent — Attack the start harder
- ^ — Marcato — Accented and short
- slur — Slur — All under one bow or breath, no re-attack
- fermata — Fermata — Hold past its value, at the player's discretion
A slur between two notes of the SAME pitch is a tie — one longer note, not two.
Questions about the Articulation poster
- What’s on the Articulation poster?
- A 6-row table: Mark · Name · Play it. Each mark sits directly above or below its notehead. · — Staccato — Short and detached — about half its written length; ‾ — Tenuto — Full length, slightly leaned on; > — Accent — Attack the start harder; ^ — Marcato — Accented and short; slur — Slur — All under one bow or breath, no re-attack; fermata — Fermata — Hold past its value, at the player's discretion. A slur between two notes of the SAME pitch is a tie — one longer note, not two.
- Who is the Articulation poster for?
- Articulation belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning notation can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Articulation poster?
- Articulation is the difference between correct notes and music. Read these before the second run-through. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Articulation belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Articulation?
- Accidentals, Dynamics & Tempo and Ledger Lines & Octave Marks sit alongside Articulation in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AccidentalsDynamics & TempoLedger Lines & Octave Marks
- Is the Articulation poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Articulation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Articulation poster print at?
- Articulation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Articulation loses nothing.Printing guide
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