| RDA Illustrative Content |
form |
An illustrative content consisting of labeled areas for recording structured data to be input by specified persons for specific purposes, usually accompanied by prompts and guidance. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Illustrative Content |
map |
An illustrative content consisting of a representation, normally to scale and on a two-dimensional medium, of a selection of material or abstract features on, or in relation to, the surface of Earth, another celestial body, or an imaginary place. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Tactile Notation |
braille code |
A form of tactile notation for text using embossed characters formed by raised dots in six-dot cells. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Tactile Notation |
Moon code |
A form of tactile notation based on simplified letter forms. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Scale Designation |
scales differ |
scales differ |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Scale Designation |
scale not given |
scale not given |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Scale Designation |
scale varies |
scale varies |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
graphic notation |
A form of musical notation that uses various suggestive lines, symbols, colour, etc., to prompt or guide the performers. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
letter notation |
A form of musical notation that uses the letters of the alphabet to designate pitches. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
mensural notation |
A form of musical notation, beginning around 1260 and continuing through about 1600, employing four principal note-values and associated rests: long, breve, semibreve, and minim to notate duration. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
neumatic notation |
A form of musical notation using neumes, i.e., graphic signs that represent essentially the movement in pitch of a melody. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
number notation |
A form of musical notation conveying pitch by use of numbers, assigned to the notes of a scale, the keys of a keyboard, the finger positions or frets of a string instrument, or to the holes or valves of a wind instrument. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
solmization |
A form of musical notation that designates pitches by means of conventional syllables rather than letter names. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
staff notation |
A form of musical notation in wide use for Western art music, conveying pitch and duration using a staff of parallel lines, often in combination with other staves. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
tablature |
A form of musical notation, from 1300 or later, that uses letters, numerals, or other signs as an alternative to conventional staff notation. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Form of Musical Notation |
tonic sol-fa |
A form of musical notation that replaces staff notation with sol-fa syllables or their initials. |
definition |
en |
| RDA Colour of Three-Dimensional Form (Deprecated) |
Black and white (Deprecated) |
Black and white (Deprecated) |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Medium of Performance (Deprecated) |
Band (Deprecated) |
Band (Deprecated) |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Medium of Performance (Deprecated) |
String trio (Deprecated) |
String trio (Deprecated) |
preferred label |
en |
| RDA Medium of Performance (Deprecated) |
String quartet (Deprecated) |
String quartet (Deprecated) |
preferred label |
en |
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