Musical notation: Difference between revisions

==Notations that have been or could be used for composing/performing xenharmonic music==

===General systems===

<ul><li>[[Sagittal_notation|Sagittal notation]]</li><li>[[Ups_and_Downs_Notation|Ups and Downs Notation]]</li></ul>

===ET===

<ul><li>[[Easley_Blackwood|Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24</li><li>Tartini/Couper for [[31edo|31-EDO]]</li><li>[[Julian_Carrillo|Julian Carrillo]]'s index notation</li><li>[[Armodue_theory|Armodue theory]] for [[16edo|16-EDO]] and other EDOs that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).</li><li>[http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System] (adding the 'H' note)</li><li>David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo|16-EDO]]</li><li>[http://www.h-pi.com/theory/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo|205-EDO]]</li><li>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation Maneri-Sims], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[72edo|72-EDO]]</li><li>Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[72edo|72-EDO]]</li><li>[[Heptatonic_Notation|Heptatonic notation]]</li></ul>

===JI===

<ul><li>[[Ben_Johnston's_notation|Ben Johnston's notation]]</li><li>[[Helmholtz-Ellis_notation|Helmholtz-Ellis notation]]</li><li>[[tuning_systems_for_qanun#Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)</li><li>[[Kite's_color_notation|Kite's color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])</li><li>[[Rational_Comma_Notation_(RCN)|Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David_Ryan|David Ryan]]. Compact notation for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.</li></ul>

===Regular temperaments===

<ul><li>[[Porcupine_Notation|Porcupine notation]]</li><li>[[Ups_and_Downs_Notation|Ups and Downs Notation]]</li><li>[[pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus highs/lows)]]</li></ul>

===All / none of the above===

<ul><li>[[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)</li><li>[[Tablets|Tablets]]</li></ul>

==Microtonal scores==

See dedicated [[Scores|Scores]] page.

==Microtonal fonts==

<ul><li>Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. [http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html]</li><li>Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp; Dave Keenan. [http://sagittal.org http://sagittal.org]</li><li>Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: [http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf]</li><li>Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? [http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/ http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/]</li><li>Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. [http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/ http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/]</li></ul>

==Notation program/editors for microtonal music==

Please see the list on the [[Software#Notation software|Software]] page

 

==Links==

[http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/ Types of Notation]

 

[[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]

 

[http://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]]