On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 02:17 -1000, david wrote: > david wrote: > > 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. > > Excuse me, I need to go notate this new thing called "rock music". I > have hammer and chisel, what's the best kind of stone to notate "rock > music" with? ;-) > Something hard enough to bang a heavily-fuzzed head on =) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
