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I think Hummingbird notation is a better alternative: http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/ http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/

by relyks 8y ago

altharaz 8y ago
I didn’t know about Hummingbird. This is really cool. I think I prefer Hummingbird’s approach to OP’s because it makes deciphering the notes way easier with its symbol mnemonic, and I think deciphering the notes is the hardest part.
kalefranz 8y ago
Granted I’ve been reading the traditional style since second grade, I feel like learning this Hummingbird style would be an order of magnitude harder than learning another programming language. Maybe I’m just getting old and the plasticity is hardening.
forgotpwd16 8y ago
This looks like having Gallifreyan symbols. Cool.
werbel 8y ago
I discovered Hummingbird when looking for alternative music notation for my tattoo (a phrase from my piano song). After reading the "docs" it was easy to read the notation but for some I struggled with transcribing it. Maybe it'd be easy to first write classical notation and then change it to hummingbird. Also just noticed that even in the toggle example on the home page "natural" symbol is missing (flat/sharp reset).
- rhaps0dy 8y ago
  >Also just noticed that even in the toggle example on the home page "natural" symbol is missing (flat/sharp reset). Yes. But, also from the toggle example, you can notice that each note that is sharp or flat (even if that is part of the key) is individually indicated. Thus, there is no need to keep track of the "state" of sharpness or flatness. I think this is kind of cool but I would need some time to learn it. Not that I've found traditional notation ever constraining.
  - werbel 8y ago
    You're completely right, sir.
meesterdude 8y ago
wow, hummingbird is awesome! it really is easier to read and way more intuitive. I'll have to look more deeply into it. picking up sight reading, I've also felt like there could be a better way. But at the same time, i was never sure what would be worth changing because everything mattered.

I think Hummingbird notation is a better alternative: http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/ http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/

by relyks 8y ago

I think Hummingbird notation is a better alternative: http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/ http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/

altharaz 8y ago

I didn’t know about Hummingbird. This is really cool. I think I prefer Hummingbird’s approach to OP’s because it makes deciphering the notes way easier with its symbol mnemonic, and I think deciphering the notes is the hardest part.

kalefranz 8y ago

Granted I’ve been reading the traditional style since second grade, I feel like learning this Hummingbird style would be an order of magnitude harder than learning another programming language. Maybe I’m just getting old and the plasticity is hardening.

forgotpwd16 8y ago

This looks like having Gallifreyan symbols. Cool.

werbel 8y ago

I discovered Hummingbird when looking for alternative music notation for my tattoo (a phrase from my piano song). After reading the "docs" it was easy to read the notation but for some I struggled with transcribing it. Maybe it'd be easy to first write classical notation and then change it to hummingbird. Also just noticed that even in the toggle example on the home page "natural" symbol is missing (flat/sharp reset).

rhaps0dy 8y ago
>Also just noticed that even in the toggle example on the home page "natural" symbol is missing (flat/sharp reset). Yes. But, also from the toggle example, you can notice that each note that is sharp or flat (even if that is part of the key) is individually indicated. Thus, there is no need to keep track of the "state" of sharpness or flatness. I think this is kind of cool but I would need some time to learn it. Not that I've found traditional notation ever constraining.
- werbel 8y ago
  You're completely right, sir.

meesterdude 8y ago

wow, hummingbird is awesome! it really is easier to read and way more intuitive. I'll have to look more deeply into it. picking up sight reading, I've also felt like there could be a better way. But at the same time, i was never sure what would be worth changing because everything mattered.