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The '''Evo''' flavor (short for "evolutionary", previously called "mixed") uses only single-shaft Sagittal symbols, e.g. {{sagittal| /| }} {{sagittal| \! }} {{sagittal| |) }} {{sagittal| !) }}, alone or in combination with conventional sharps and flats and their doubles. Only the large variant of the double sharp {{sagittal| x }} (U+E47D) is considered to be stylistically-compatible with Sagittal symbols. Evo is much easier to learn, but it results in a greater number of symbols on the sheet, which can give it a more cluttered appearance, particularly with chords, and it may be confusing when two symbols alter the same note in opposite directions.
The '''Evo''' flavor (short for "evolutionary", previously called "mixed") uses only single-shaft Sagittal symbols, e.g. {{sagittal| /| }} {{sagittal| \! }} {{sagittal| |) }} {{sagittal| !) }}, alone or in combination with conventional sharps and flats and their doubles. Only the large variant of the double sharp {{sagittal| x }} (U+E47D) is considered to be stylistically-compatible with Sagittal symbols. Evo is much easier to learn, but it results in a greater number of symbols on the sheet, which can give it a more cluttered appearance, particularly with chords, and it may be confusing when two symbols alter the same note in opposite directions.


<span id="Evo-SZ"></span> A sub-flavor of Evo is '''Evo-SZ''' (Evo with Stein-Zimmermann). This is where any sagittals that are notating exactly half the alteration of a sharp or flat (most often {{sagittal| /|\ }} {{sagittal| \!/ }}) are replaced by the Stein-Zimmermann semisharp {{sagittal| > }} and narrow reversed flat {{sagittal| < }}, and the corresponding combinations (most often {{sagittal| /|\ }}{{sagittal| # }} and {{sagittal| \!/ }}{{sagittal| b }}) are replaced by {{sagittal| ># }} and {{sagittal| <b }}. The narrow variants of the fractional flats {{sagittal| < }} (U+E284) and {{sagittal| <b }} (U+E285) are preferred because they preserve the Sagittal principle that the visual size of a symbol should indicate the relative size of its alteration and they reduce left-right confusion.
<span id="Evo-SZ"></span> A sub-flavor of Evo is '''Evo-SZ''' (Evo with Stein–Zimmermann). This is where any sagittals that are notating exactly half the alteration of a sharp or flat (most often {{sagittal| /|\ }} {{sagittal| \!/ }}) are replaced by the Stein–Zimmermann semisharp {{sagittal| > }} and narrow reversed flat {{sagittal| < }}, and the corresponding combinations (most often {{sagittal| /|\ }}{{sagittal| # }} and {{sagittal| \!/ }}{{sagittal| b }}) are replaced by {{sagittal| ># }} and {{sagittal| <b }}. The narrow variants of the fractional flats {{sagittal| < }} (U+E284) and {{sagittal| <b }} (U+E285) are preferred because they preserve the Sagittal principle that the visual size of a symbol should indicate the relative size of its alteration and they reduce left-right confusion.


=== Revo ===
=== Revo ===
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== Notation software support ==
== Notation software support ==
=== Sibelius ===
=== Sibelius ===
Sagibelius 2.0 - plugins for using Sagittal notation in Sibelius 4 and up. By [http://www.jacobbarton.net/2011/10/sagibelius-2-0-released/ Jacob Barton]. Hosted on this wiki. Donationware.
Sagibelius 2.0 plugins for using Sagittal notation in Sibelius 4 and up. By [http://www.jacobbarton.net/2011/10/sagibelius-2-0-released/ Jacob Barton]. Hosted on this wiki. Donationware.


[[:File:Sagibelius_2.0.zip|Sagibelius_2.0.zip]]
[[:File:Sagibelius_2.0.zip|Sagibelius_2.0.zip]]
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** [[Prayer of Thanks]]
** [[Prayer of Thanks]]


* [[:File:sunday3.pdf|Sunday Pipes]] in [[22edo|22tET]] by [[Mats Öljare]]
* [[:File:sunday3.pdf|Sunday Pipes]] in [[22edo]] by [[Mats Öljare]]
* Tibia in [[22edo|22tET]] by [[Paul Erlich]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44Lfp9lAG8 Listen]). Sagittal score [[:File:TIBIA.pdf|in F||\]] or [[:File:tibia_in_g.pdf|in G]] (contains errors in measures 9, 19 and 20)
* Tibia in [[22edo]] by [[Paul Erlich]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44Lfp9lAG8 Listen]). Sagittal score [[:File:TIBIA.pdf|in F||\]] or [[:File:tibia_in_g.pdf|in G]] (contains errors in measures 9, 19 and 20)
* [[:File:Ivor_Darreg,_Suite.pdf|On the Enharmonic Tetrachord (from Suite, Op. 62)]], in [[22edo|22tET]], by [[Ivor Darreg]]. Originally printed in the Spring 1975 issue of Xenharmonikon in quarter-tone notation. Transcribed to Sagittal by [[Juhani Nuorvala]].([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHvza1vtfo Listen])
* [[:File:Ivor_Darreg,_Suite.pdf|On the Enharmonic Tetrachord (from Suite, Op. 62)]], in [[22edo]], by [[Ivor Darreg]]. Originally printed in the Spring 1975 issue of Xenharmonikon in quarter-tone notation. Transcribed to Sagittal by [[Juhani Nuorvala]].([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHvza1vtfo Listen])


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==