Tutorials
Learn more about the advantages of alternative music notation systems and the differences between them. See also our FAQ and How does music notation make it more difficult to learn to read music?
Chromatic
Staves
A chromatic staff offers many advantages over the diatonic staff used
in traditional music notation.
6-6 and 7-5
Pitch Patterns
A brief introduction to 6-6 and 7-5 pitch patterns as design strategies
found in various notations.
Using
Notehead 'Color' for Pitch
On the rationale for using solid and hollow noteheads to indicate pitch
rather than duration.
Key
Signatures and Accidentals
Considers a passage of music that requires a complex key signature and
many accidentals in traditional music notation, and shows how alternative
music notations can make it simpler, clearer, and easier to learn.
Intervals
1: Traditional Notation
An in-depth look at how interval relationships are obscured in traditional
music notation.
Intervals
2: 6-6 Notations
Shows how alternative music notations can improve upon traditional notation
when it comes to representing interval relationships.
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