i would bet they are not interested in hearing from me on this... >faster to read, and simpler for even the trickiest music.
one thing that is in fact interesting is that there is a much closer relation in the graphic representation of notes and rests than in traditional notation. but very stupid is that they still use treble and bass clef and a 5-line staff. for someone learning western notation for the first time, this is one of its strangest enigmas, i would think. you learn the octave is the ruling class of the intervals and then each "C" looks different on the staff: here in a space, here on the 1st ledger line above, there one below, there 2 above, there 2 below... what about multiple voices on one staff? how do you indicate groups of notes that are to be played in contradiction of the underlying meter? the system is closed, there is no way it could ever hope to be used even for the most tame new music. so you lock the musician into equal-tempered music. and then when the kids who loved it so much because it was so fun and easy decide to play more complex music than, say, alouette, or the US national anthem (story on GOOD link), they have to learn a new system anyways. and too bad for non-english speakers. here is an alternative to the system to learn the note names: A - a B - badly C - conceived D - design E - eventually F - fails G - grandly despite all of this, i am going to adopt the system, because it is so fun and bubbly like. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
