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I once struggled trying to create a notation for tap dancing, so I applaud the attempt and hate to shoot it down, but... My eyesight is pretty poor, even with g
by msluyter 14y ago
I once struggled trying to create a notation for tap dancing, so I applaud the attempt and hate to shoot it down, but... My eyesight is pretty poor, even with glasses, and I find this difficult to read. I find traditional sharps and flats easier to scan than the little note prefixes. They're bigger, and look substantially different. Same wrt some of the smaller rhythmic values.
Also, in the first measure, beat 1 of the base clef, it's hard for me to tell whether the bar sign for sixteenth notes applies to the very first note. I have to try to gauge the vertical alignment without the help of the traditional vertical bars extending from each note.
Finally, the mnemonic symbols for each pitch seem superflous to me. Once you've learned the staff they just amount to irrelevant visual adornment, IMHO.
"Easy to learn" might not equate to for "easy to use by trained musicians."
- 14113 14y agoI definitely agree about readability - I occasionally struggle to read music when there's more than about 3 people to a stand, and I had trouble reading this notation on a tablet, fairly close to my face.