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Pros: Familiar, fairly easy to learn


Cons: Clutters a score easily, can get confusing when sight read at faster paces
'''Pros:''' Familiar, fairly easy to learn
 
====Alternate quartertone accidentals====
 
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= quarter-tone sharp or Jump
††† (the horizontal line should connect all three vertical lines) = three quarter-tones sharp or Jump-Sharp
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= quarter-tone flat or Drop
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= three quarter-tones flat or drop-flat
For example, the scale 0-5-10-15-20 is written as C-D
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(or E
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) F G
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(or A
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) Bb.
'''Cons:''' Clutters a score easily, can get confusing when sight read at faster paces
 
Pros: Very easy to distinguish accidentals from one another
 
Cons: Not practical, tends to clutter a score


==== Persian accidentals====
==== Persian accidentals====
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Pros: Easy to read
'''Pros:''' Easy to read


Cons: Hard to write on a computer, doesn't fit with standard notation well
'''Cons:''' Hard to write on a computer, doesn't fit with standard notation well


====Sagittal notation====
====Sagittal notation====
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It is easy on the eyes, easy to recognize the various symbols and keeps a score looking tidy and neat.
It is easy on the eyes, easy to recognize the various symbols and keeps a score looking tidy and neat.


A possibility for the best approach would be to not use traditional sharps and flats altogether and replace them
A possibility for the best approach would be to not use traditional sharps and flats altogether and replace them with Sagittal signs for sharp and flat.
 
with Sagittal signs for sharp and flat.


[[File:sagittal_24.PNG|alt=sagittal 24.PNG|sagittal 24.PNG]]
[[File:sagittal_24.PNG|alt=sagittal 24.PNG|sagittal 24.PNG]]


Pros: Easy to read, and less likely to clutter the score
'''Pros:''' Easy to read, and less likely to clutter the score


Cons: Not as familiar as traditional notation, and thus not immediately accessible to many traditional musicians who are just starting out with microtonality
'''Cons:''' Not as familiar as traditional notation, and thus not immediately accessible to many traditional musicians who are just starting out with microtonality


We also have, from the appendix to [[The Sagittal Songbook]] by [[Jacob Barton|Jacob A. Barton]], a diagram of how to notate 24edo in the Revo flavor of Sagittal:
We also have, from the appendix to [[The Sagittal Songbook]] by [[Jacob Barton|Jacob A. Barton]], a diagram of how to notate 24edo in the Revo flavor of Sagittal:
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