Musical notation: Difference between revisions

BudjarnLambeth (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
Update & cleanup
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 5: Line 5:
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Global notation]]
* [[Global notation]]
* [[Tablets]]
* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)


=== Intended for just intonation ===
=== Intended for just intonation ===
''See also: [[Just intonation]]''.
Notation systems for [[just intonation]].
 
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
* [[Kite's color notation]]
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
Line 17: Line 17:
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian & Turkish]] music)
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)


=== Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then ===
=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===
''See also: [[MOS scale]], [[Temperament]], [[Regular temperament]]''.
Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[KISS notation]]
** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]
** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]


=== Intended for both equal and unequal temperaments ===
=== Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments ===
* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
Notation systems for [[equal temperament]]s and related temperaments.
* [[Ups and downs notation]] (& neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
* [[Chain-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* [[Kite's ups and downs notation]]
* [[Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation]]
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[KISS notation]]
Line 38: Line 43:
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]


=== Intended for equal temperaments ===
=== Intended for specific equal temperaments ===
''See also: [[Equal-step tuning]], [[Equal division of the octave]]''.
Notation systems for specific [[equal tuning]]s.  
 
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13–24
==== Multiple temperaments ====
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen–Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the enneatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
* [[Heptatonic notation]]
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] for [[19edo]] and similar systems
* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
* [[David S. Goldsmith]]'s notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
* [[Tartini–Couper notation]] for [[31edo]]
 
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri–Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
==== One specific temperament ====
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel]{{dead link}} for 72edo
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] notation for 72edo
* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] (when applied to [[19edo]])
* [[MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation]]
* [[Tartini/Couper]] for [[31edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for 72edo
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] color notation for 72edo
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]


=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
''See also: [[Scale]]''.
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[Wikipedia: Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation]]


== Microtonal scores ==
== Microtonal scores ==
Line 74: Line 65:
== Microtonal fonts ==
== Microtonal fonts ==
* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Tempera font by Christian Textier does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
* Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) - under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/
* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/


== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
Line 83: Line 74:
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] - [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
* [[Michael Spencer]] (notation theorist)


== External links ==
== External links ==
Line 89: Line 81:
* [https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987 Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]
* [https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987 Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]
* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment]  [[Category:Notation| ]]
* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment]  [[Category:Notation| ]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaSpsQP2qc Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo)] - A video by [[Stephen Weigel]] which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaSpsQP2qc Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo)] A video by [[Stephen Weigel]] which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.
 


{{Notation navbox}}
{{Navbox notation}}