"Musical notation is a powerful system of communication between musicians, using sophisticated symbolic, primarily non-verbal means to express musical events in visual symbols. Many musicians take the system for granted, having internalized it and their strategies for reading it…
This book is designed to serve as a practical guide to music handwriting and music-writing procedures.
"Thomas Salmon (1647-1706) is remembered today for the fury with which Matthew Locke greeted his first foray into musical writing, the Essay to the Advancement of Musick (1672), and the near-farcical level to which the subsequent pamphlet dispute quickly descended. This is the s…
"Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music read…
"Musical notation has not always existed: in the West, musical traditions have often depended on transmission from mouth to ear, and ear to mouth. Although the Ancient Greeks had a form of musical notation, it was not passed on to the medieval Latin West. This comprehensive stud…
