Medieval notes were definitely square, and in the renaissance (and post
Gutenberg) they added
diamond shape notes. They changed to round somewhere after Elizabethan,
definitely by Bach.
Haven't tried weaving music yet, interesting idea. If you are aiming
for a certain time period I
could point you to some samples. For a 15c example, also called white
notation, see http://www.undoulxregard.org/copenhague/copenhague.html
Try the Llibre Vermell for 14c notation:
http://www.lluisvives.com/servlet/SirveObras/jlv/08140629733581728654480/
And for 16c, try Ravenscroft http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ravenscroft/
Hope that gives you some fun ideas!
Amelie
(a musician who sometimes weaves)
dtdvm wrote:
Hi All
Does anyone know of a source for charted musical notes? I am going to
play at adapting a graph for card/tablet weaving - rather like
alphabet I imagine - but it would be really helpful if something has
already been done. I am going to start with 30/2 silk and see how that
works, then try 60/2. I saw an illustration of medieval musical
notation and the notes were square, so I might use that idea rather
than trying to 'round' the notes.
