bassa is sometimes added. Repetition and codas Instrument-specific notation Bowed string instruments Guitar The guitar has a fingerpicking notation system derived from the names of the fingers in Spanish or Latin. They are written above, below, or beside the note to which they are attached. They read as follows: Piano Pedal marks Pedal marks appear in music for instruments with sustain pedals, such as the piano, vibraphone and chimes. Other piano notation Old (pre-1940) tutors published in the UK may use "English fingering". + for thumb, then 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring) and 4 (little). Other stringed instruments (With the exception of harp) See also Fingerstyle guitar#Notation. Harp Fingering numbers are similar to piano, except there is no 5 as the little finger is not used in playing the harp. 1 = thumb, 2 = index finger, 3 = middle finger, 4 = ring finger. Four-mallet percussion Six-mallet percussion Numbers for six-mallet percussion may be reversed as well. Organ The organ has many different abbreviations for its keyboards in European languages. See also Singing Musical instruments Cluster Graphic notation Music theory Glossary of musical terminology Musical Symbols (Unicode block) Shape note Musical Symbols (disambiguation) References Further reading Elaine Gould, Behind Bars – The Definitive Guide to Music Notation. Faber Music (publisher), 2011. External links Comprehensive list of music symbols fonts Music theory & history (Dolmetsch Online) Dictionary of musical symbols (Dolmetsch Online) Sight reading tutorial with symbol variations Amy Appleby Symbols