A curved line above or below a group of notes tells you those notes should be played legato – smoothly, with no gaps between the notes. A slur is a legato line over a few notes which means they ...

The plus sign (+) and minus sign (-) can be used as prefix operators. The word NOT and its equivalent symbols are also prefix operators. The following are examples of prefix operators used with ...

Short, detached, jumpy notes are called staccato. Listen to the two examples below to hear how the same notes sound when played without and with accents. Listen to the two examples below to hear ...

There are 12 animal symbols that represent the Chinese zodiac. If you've ever wondered what your Chinese zodiac sign means ...