METHOD OF INDICATING INTONATION ON THE STAVES
Unstressed syllables are represented by dots, stressed sylla
bles are marked by dashes or curves.
A dash represents a level tone.
A downward curve represents the final fall.
An upward curve represents the final rise.
Two parallel lines (staves) represent the upper and the lower
limits of human voice or the range of the voice.
The temporal component of
intonation can be indicated
graphically only as far as pauses are concerned.
Two vertical bars
| | denote
a long pause, which usually oc
curs at the end of a sentence.
A single vertical bar
| denotes a short pause inside a sen
tence.