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Podatus (Pes) | | | |\n| Clivis | | | |\n| Scandicus | | | |\n| Climacus | | | |\n| Torculus | | | |\n| Porrectus | | | |\n| Scandicus flexus | | | |\n| Porrectus flexus | | | |\n| Torculus Respinus | | | |\n| Pes subpunctis | | | |\n\nNotation Symbols through History  \n\n| Greek Accents |  |  | Acutus | Gravis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Neumes | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>6th to 13th centuries |  | Virga | Virga Jacans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  | Punctum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Mensural Notatio\u003Cbr>n |  | Maxima\u003Cbr>(Duplex Long) | Longa (Long) | Brevis (Breve) | Semibrevis\u003Cbr>(Semibreve) | Minima (Minim) | Semiminima |  | Fusa | Semifusa |  |\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>13th century | | | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>14th century | | | | | |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>15th to 17th centuries | | | | | | |  | | |  |\n| Modern Notatio\u003Cbr>n | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>17th to 20th centuries |  |  | Double WholeNote | Whole Note | \u003Cbr>| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Quarter Note |  | \u003Cbr>| Sixteenth Note |  |\n|  |  |  |  | | | |  | | | |  |\n\nThe Anatomy of a Note  \n| Notation | English | French | German | Italian | Spanish |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| | Note | note | Note | nota | nota |\n| | Head | tête de la note | Notenkopf | testa or\u003Cbr>testina or\u003Cbr>capocchia | oval |\n| | Stem | queue | Hals or\u003Cbr>Notenhals | asta, or\u003Cbr>gamba | plica |\n| | Flag | crochet | Fahne or\u003Cbr>Fähnchen | coda\u003Cbr>uncinata or\u003Cbr>bandiera | corchete |\n| | Beam | barre | Balken | barra | barra |\n| | Dot | point | Punkt | punto | puntillo |\n|  | Dotted\u003Cbr>Note | note pointée | punktierte\u003Cbr>Note | nota puntata | nota con\u003Cbr>puntillo |\n\n\n| \u003Cbr>Notation | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>American | 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