Illustrated Sheet Music
May 27th, 2006
“Train tracks” symbol on sheet music?
I’ve been playing violin for six years, and no one has ever explained to me what the “train tracks” symbols means! It’s two slanted dashes (what it looks like when people illustrate rain on paper). and looks like this : //
what is its function? I now feel quite musically challenged.
“Train tracks” or “Railroad tracks” are properly termed caesura. Others have already told your their function.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesura
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