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I am trying to teach myself how to read sheet music. I looked up the sheet music for Stars by Dan Fogelberg. It's a guitar piece but I searched for piano score. Idk what all the dotted capital I's are that are residing where I expect notes to be.

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[โ€“] GuanoLoco@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Sorry this response is so late. I'm new to hexbear and just now saw where the notifications are. I looked at the linked piece because I had quite forgotten what I was asking and immediately saw the dotted capital I's all over the page. I don't know how else to describe it, but I did find a different link that had all the notes properly displayed across the bar, so I assumed the I's were placeholders because they want you to pay for access. Idk if this imgur link will be helpful or not. https://imgur.com/a/BmGfz4r

[โ€“] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Your computer is displaying the symbols wrong. The W in your screenshot is a whole note. The dotted capital Is are eighth notes. No suggestions except different browser or app.

[โ€“] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, that's not a valid notation I've come across in my music journey. I'd agree with you that it could be a placeholder symbol in that context, but I don't know why they wouldn't just restrict the pages instead. It could also be a unicode or file type issue like slatun mentions too, but overwhelmingly, unless you're working in a specific music softwares ecosystem and expect to be able to edit it, sheet music is just given as a pdf or image file and it shouldn't matter.

[โ€“] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

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