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This six-page chart covers:

• Music theory and notation (the staff, clefs, rhythm, meter, pitch, scales, keys, intervals, chords)
• Tempo, dynamics, expressions, and articulations
• Instruments and ensembles
• The orchestra
• Musical forms and genres
• Eras and movements in Western music
• Notable composers in Western music