Global notation
Global notation is a musical notation system designed by Andrew Killick in 2016, and still under development to this day, that aims to allow the representation of any kind of music in the world while being as easy to learn and use as possible. By making every musical element optional, this notation system makes sure a score contains all the intended information, no more and no less. This includes various ways to convey specified and unspecified pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, etc.
In this system, pitch is notated on a vertical logarithmic axis, i.e. intervals of the same size occupy the same vertical space. There are multiple ways to indicate absolute pitch and relative pitch. Killick provides most of his examples with cent deviations from 12edo pitches, but also mentions that other ways to communicate intervals, such as interval ratios, could be used as well.
External links
- Official website
- Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis (2020), journal article by Andrew Killick
| V • T • EMusical notation | |
|---|---|
| Universal | Sagittal notation |
| Just intonation | Functional Just System • Ben Johnston's notation • Helmholtz–Ellis notation • Color notation |
| MOS scales | Diamond-MOS notation |
| Temperaments | Circle-of-fifths notation • Ups and downs notation • Syntonic–rastmic subchroma notation • Extended meantone notation |
See Musical notation for a longer list of systems by category. See Category:Notation for the most complete, comprehensive list, but not sorted by category. | |