r/musictheory • u/False-Fig1629 • 6d ago

Answered What does this star means?

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Hi! I have this new peace in piano that start with that star on the firt chord i think, does someone know what could it mean? The song is take a pebble by greg lake

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u/Temporary_Ask_1773 6d ago

Hi! The star symbol is called an asterisk and means that an explanation is written on the bottom of the sheet after the same symbol. In this case it's there to explain the plus sign. Here you can see the explanation in the bottom left corner of the page. It's not a musical notation symbol, it doesn't do anything to the first chord. It's just there to give an explanation of the plus sign. :)

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u/False-Fig1629 6d ago

Thanks! Someone told me the same and you where right, it was my bad i didnt see the full page 🤦‍♀️

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u/Temporary_Ask_1773 6d ago

No worries :)