Historians have uncovered what could be some of the earliest musical notation in Western history. The ninth-century ...

Last month I introduced the ABC music notation system. This month, I continue our tour of notation programs for Linux with a look at the Common Music Notation system from composer/programmer Bill ...

While not officially part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Music Notation community group formed earlier this year appears to have every chance of finally standardising Western music ...

Notation close notationThe musical symbols used when writing music down. is used to write down music. It's one way to remember what you have composed close composeTo write your own music.. It's also ...

In the 1950s progressive composers broke from the 5 line music staff to experiment with new, more expressive forms of graphic music notation Jimmy Stamp The score for John Cage’s indeterminate ...

Learning to play a new instrument can be exciting, filled with hopes of playing great songs and even composing your own music. Picking up a guitar for the first time leads to a big question: what's ...

It’s as much about what you don’t play as what you do When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today, we’re taking a hythmic turn, ...

When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...