# Notation

- [Instruments, staves, and systems](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems.md)
- [Instruments and system markings](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/instruments-and-system-markings.md)
- [Showing staves only where needed](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/showing-staves-only-where-needed.md)
- [Implode and explode](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/implode-and-explode.md)
- [Mid-score instrument changes](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/mid-score-instrument-changes.md)
- [Staff type change](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/staff-type-change.md)
- [Staff/Part properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/staff-part-properties.md)
- [Brackets](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/brackets.md)
- [Rhythm, meter, and measures](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures.md)
- [Time signatures](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/time-signatures.md)
- [Stems and flags](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/stems-and-flags.md)
- [Beams](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/beams.md)
- [Regroup rhythms](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/regroup-rhythms.md)
- [Tuplets](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/tuplets.md)
- [Barlines](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/barlines.md)
- [Measure numbering](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-numbering.md)
- [Measure and multimeasure rests](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-and-multimeasure-rests.md)
- [Pickup and non-metered measures](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/pickup-and-non-metered-measures.md)
- [Measure properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-properties.md)
- [Pitch](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch.md)
- [Clefs](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/clefs.md)
- [Key signatures](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/key-signatures.md)
- [Transposition](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/transposition.md)
- [Octave lines](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/octave-lines.md)
- [Noteheads](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/noteheads.md)
- [Ambitus](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/ambitus.md)
- [Respell pitches](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/pitch/respell-pitches.md)
- [Expressive markings](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings.md)
- [Articulations](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/articulations.md)
- [Dynamics and hairpins](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/dynamics-and-hairpins.md)
- [Slurs and ties](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/slurs-and-ties.md)
- [Laissez vibrer ties](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/laissez-vibrer-ties.md)
- [Breaths and pauses](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/breaths-and-pauses.md)
- [Ornaments](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/ornaments.md)
- [Arpeggios and glissandos](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/arpeggios-and-glissandos.md)
- [Grace notes](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/grace-notes.md)
- [Tremolos and rolls](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/tremolos-and-rolls.md)
- [Other lines](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/other-lines.md)
- [Other symbols](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/expressive-markings/other-symbols.md)
- [Repeats](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats.md)
- [Repeat signs](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/repeat-signs.md)
- [Voltas](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/voltas.md)
- [Jumps and markers](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/jumps-and-markers.md)
- [Items across repeats and jumps](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/items-across-repeats-and-jumps.md)
- [Changes and courtesies at repeats and jumps](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/changes-and-courtesies-at-repeats-and-jumps.md)
- [Measure and multimeasure repeats](https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/repeats/measure-and-multimeasure-repeats.md)


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