Notation Abbreviations
More Alternating Pitch Examples
Whole notes with 1 slash, are performed as alternating eighth notes between the written pitches.
Whole notes with 2 slashes, are performed as alternating sixteenth notes between the written pitches.
All of the measures below are notated with varied abbreviations, and translate to produce the same performance result.
In quick tempi, rhythms are performed tremolo.
Tremolo is the unmeasured repetition pitch patterns.