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If you look at the guide, the key signatures are still included, but written in plain English. Look at the Fur Elise example: http://www.hummingbirdnotation.co
by andrewguenther 14y ago
If you look at the guide, the key signatures are still included, but written in plain English. Look at the Fur Elise example:
http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/songs/Fur%20Elise%20(Final).pdf http://www.hummingbirdnotation.com/songs/Fur%20Elise%20(Fina...
- vacri 14y agoNot all musicians work in plain English. There's the German note H, for example, or half of Europe using solfege: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge#Fixed_do_solf.C3.A8ge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge#Fixed_do_solf.C3.A... Musical notation needs to be spoken-language-free.
- eru 14y ago> Musical notation needs to be spoken-language-free. Tempi and volume are usually given in Italian, aren't they?
- marssaxman 14y agoMusical notation has never been spoken-language-free: the scores I play are all full of Italian words. I have never learned any Italian; these words are simply part of the notation, much as English words are parts of the notation in many popular programming languages.
- vacri 14y agoFair enough, I stand corrected.