In case you haven’t seen them, check out the following notation systems that have been added to our website in recent months.
Numbered Notes by Jason MacCoy
MacCoy’s system is notable for its staff with lines that are a minor third apart. Although this possibility has been discussed, to our knowledge this is the only system that has implemented it. As its name indicates, Numbered Notes emphasizes the use of numbers for identifying pitches. There are two versions, a notes-only version and a numbers-only version. More information on Numbered Notes is also available from the Numbered Notes website.
Express Stave (6-6 jazz font version) by John Keller
This is a version of Keller’s Express Stave that has a 6-6 pitch pattern through a variation in the slant of the noteheads. Half of the noteheads are sharply slanted while the other noteheads lie flat. This 6-6 pattern is “overlayed” over the 7-5 pitch pattern found in the solid and hollow noteheads, making it one of only a few systems that represent both (other examples are Diatonic Twinline by Leo de Vries and perhaps 6-6 Tetragram by Richard Parncutt).
Black-Oval Twinline by Paul Morris
Update: Morris renamed this system in order to call his newer system TwinNote.TwinNote Black-Oval Twinline
is Morris’ version of Twinline by Leo de Vries. It is similar to the versions of Twinline by Reed
and Keislar, but uses solid-oval and hollow-triangle notes to highlight
the 6-6 pitch pattern and make notes easier to identify. This is also similar to Sotorrio’s
Bilinear
notation. Using solid-ovals gives quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth
notes, (etc…) a more consistent appearance when switching back
and forth from traditional notation.
Expanded
Expanded TwinNote Black-Oval
Twinline is designed as a companion notation for use with TwinNote Black-Oval Twinline. They share the same line pattern and solid-or-hollow
notehead pattern making it easy to read either system interchangeably.
The only differences are TwinNote’s vertically compact staff and
use of triangular noteheads.
want to know the order number to the express staves software
the shows the piano keyboard virtical next to the trebble staff
what’s the order numder on the software
how can i purchese or but software from john keller express
staves is this software program that i can download with a credit card and im not sure how he demnonstrated how his use it in finale will some one help me
nice!
Thanx. Do you know where I can get video tutorials?
For more about Finale and how John Keller uses it for his Express Stave notation, and how it can be used with other chromatic-staff notations, see this page on our site:
http://musicnotation.org/software/finale.html
(Note: We do not sell any software. These are features that come with Finale.)