Re: [LAU] Paper on new methods of notation

From: drew Roberts <zotz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Jul 03 2010 - 18:54:56 EEST

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

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