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Topic: Fur Elise strange sign (Read 1982 times)

danijelcro

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Fur Elise strange sign

on: April 29, 2014, 04:49:38 PM

I'm currently playing Bethoveen - Fur Elise and I don't know in one beat what is this sign posted in picture
Can anyone tell me what this sign mean?

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mjames

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Re: Fur Elise strange sign

Reply #1 on: April 29, 2014, 05:30:00 PM

"A turn is a short figure consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. It is marked by a mirrored S-shape lying on its side above the staff."