Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook

Music Notation in the Twentieth Century......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Part One: Basic Procedures......Page 11
I. General Conventions......Page 12
II. Pitch......Page 37
III. Duration and Rhythm: Preliminary Survey......Page 51
IV. Duration and Rhythm: Individual Items......Page 72
V. Indeterminate Events......Page 87
VI. Scores and Parts......Page 90
Part Two: Specific Notation......Page 103
VII. Wind Instruments: General Topics......Page 104
VIII. Woodwinds......Page 106
IX. Brasses......Page 109
X. Percussion......Page 113
XI. Harp......Page 124
XII. Piano......Page 139
XIII. Organ......Page 148
XIV. Keyboard Reductions......Page 151
XV. Voice......Page 157
XVI. Bowed String Instruments......Page 164
XVII. Taped (Prerecorded) Sound......Page 169
Appendix I: Neumatic Notation (Plainchant or Gregorian Chant) and Later Developments......Page 171
Appendix II : The History and Operation of the Index of New Musical Notation and the International Conference on New Musical Notation......Page 177
Appendix III: Facsimile Reproductions......Page 181
Bibliography......Page 182
Index......Page 183