At 4:34 PM -0500 11/25/10, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 25 Nov 2010 at 8:01, Jari Williamsson wrote:
On 2010-11-25 00:43, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> What's topline notation?
Apparently a notation method for pop/jazz to only notate the top
melody line, but to also indicate to the player that chords should be
filled out beneath. An empty stem continues below the melody note.
Other than the empty stem, it's a fake book, right?
Exactly. Except that when this is used, it's an indication to fill
in chords below the melody. I'm trying to compare it with figured
bass, but there's really no equivalent. Nor to tablature, although
that comes closer since the notes give the melody AND the rhythm.
I think I may have seen it in guitar parts. Not sure I've ever seen
it anywhere else. And of course it's more useful when there's only a
section notated this way, since otherwise you wouldn't need the
extended stems and it WOULD be a leadsheet.
John
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