Music
Writing It Down
Signs for singers who already knew the tune, the lines that fixed pitch, and what a score leaves out
The Carolingian cantors · Guido of Arezzo · the treatise writers · 3 chapters · 9 min read
Signs for singers who already knew the tune, the lines, and what a score leaves out.
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Notation
- 01Signs for People Who Already Knew the TuneOn a writing system built for people who already knew what it said.
- 02The Lines, and Who Actually Drew ThemOn the move from reminding to specifying, and what one monk actually did.
- 03What the Score Does Not Tell YouOn the gap between a complete notation and sufficient information.