Sagittal notation
Sagittal notation is a musical notation system capable of notating almost any conceivable tuning. It was developed by Dave Keenan and George Secor with significant contributions from numerous others.
Resources
- Official site
- Sagittal Forum
- File:Sagittal.pdf – The original Xenharmonikon article (download: [ Sagittal.pdf])
- Gift of the Gods: a Mythical introduction to Sagittal notation
- spreadsheet-based calculator for Sagittal JI notation
- Sagittal-SMuFL-Map, a table of every Sagittal symbol
- Pain free guide to Sagittal by William Lynch
- File:24 Edo.pdf – Sagittal notation guide for 24edo by William Lynch (download: 24_Edo.pdf)
- Introductory examples by Hans Straub
- Sagittal chord chart by Andrew Meronek
Notation software support
Sibelius
Sagibelius 2.0 - plugins for using Sagittal notation in Sibelius 4 and up. By Jacob Barton. Hosted on this wiki. Donationware.
Lilypond
Plugin for Sagittal notation in Lilypond by Graham Breed
MuseScore
Sagittal accidentals are available in MuseScore via the Bravura font which implements the SMuFL standard. They can be accessed by opening the Master Palette and finding them in the Symbols section at the end.
Scala
Sagittal notation is available in Scala.
Dorico
Because Dorico is built by Steinberg Media, the same company that maintains the SMuFL standard, it should support Sagittal.
Scores in Sagittal notation
- Sunday Pipes in 22tET by Mats Öljare
- Tibia in 22tET by Paul Erlich (Listen). Sagittal score in F||\ or in G (contains errors in measures 9, 19 and 20)
- On the Enharmonic Tetrachord (from Suite, Op. 62), in 22tET, by Ivor Darreg. Originally printed in the Spring 1975 issue of Xenharmonikon in quarter-tone notation. Transcribed to Sagittal by Juhani Nuorvala.(Listen)