What is Capital H Looking Symbol on score?
Question: What is this "H" symbol above the staff in my copy of the string quartet transcription of the Art of Fugue?
Background:I play guitar but recently realized that most string instrument parts are pretty easy to play on guitar and I'm learning to read so I bought a transcription of the Art of Fugue by Bach. I'm guessing that the "H" symbol might be bow-instrument related but I can't find anything on google or in lists of musical symbols....
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H is for Hauptstimme, a German term denoting the primary melodic line in a contrapuntal work. N for Nebenstimme denotes the secondary line. The notation was introduced by the composers Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern. It may be an analytical note as much as a performance instruction.
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