3 Jul
2010
3 Jul
'10
2:13 p.m.
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.
Hmm, I thought Lilypond was just software for producing very good
quality traditional Western music notation. It's a different method?
Oh, sorry, I read your "different methods of notation" as different
forms of music notation - IOW, something different from traditional
Western music notation. Csound's a programming language, I guess that
could be considered a form of music notation, but I'd consider that one
specialized for "reading" by Csound. Like a player piano scroll is
specialized for reading by a player piano.
I just don't think of them as "music notation". I'm probably too
sheet-music oriented.
What's Mondrian?
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David
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