3 Jul
2010
3 Jul
'10
5:55 p.m.
On Saturday 03 July 2010 08:25:05 David Collins wrote:
Hi,
I've written a short paper on different methods of notation which have
evolved recently, and thought that some readers here might be interested.
The paper is available at
http://indigo.uk.to/~david/notes/music/notation.pdf .
The primary languages discussed are Mondrian, Abc notation, Csound, and
Lilypond. The paper wasn't by any means intended to be comprehensive, so I
haven't discussed other tools such as Philip's Music Writer, or the various
audio programming environments such as SuperCollider, Chuck and others.
It's not necessarily Linux-specific, but the software discussed is all
FLOSS and available on Linux - and the information might be of interest to
people who use Linux to compose music.
Feedback and corrections are welcome.
I was just wondering this morning what might be the best option for notating
four part vocal harmony and then printing it out or "performing" it one
part/voice at a time or any combination of parts.
Speed / ease of input probably important to this request.
Any thoughts?
david
all the best,
drew