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Offline breadboy

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books on music notation
on: September 09, 2004, 08:11:33 AM
is there any book that can give me everything (or close to it) on any possible question about music notation? I'm looking for much more than this is a quarter note, this is a half note. I want, this is what you do when legato and stacatto overlap on a fermata when the tempo is being changed kinda stuff. Any suggestions would be most helpful.

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Re: books on music notation
Reply #1 on: September 09, 2004, 01:58:32 PM
try Harvard Music Dictionary

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Re: books on music notation
Reply #2 on: September 09, 2004, 02:17:48 PM
Gardner Read “Music notation” (Taplinger) – with almost 500 pages, this book covers pretty much everything from meaning to history of notation. Excellent reference.

George Heussenstamm – “The Norton manual of music notation”  (Norton) – much shorter than Read’s, this is a more practical book, telling you stuff like when to do notes’s stems up or down and how to draw notes. This really a “rules” book. Good to have around when you are in doubt.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.
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Re: books on music notation
Reply #3 on: September 09, 2004, 08:27:04 PM
You amaze me, Bernie!

(picks up jaw which fell on the floor)
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Re: books on music notation
Reply #4 on: September 10, 2004, 02:24:39 AM
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You amaze me, Bernie!

(picks up jaw which fell on the floor)


Er... why? ???
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. (Hunter Thompson)
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