Directory of Music Notation Proposals

by Thomas S. Reed
Notation Research Press, 1997

Contains more than 500 proposals for improving on traditional notation, in one way or another.  Includes illustrations of 36 actual notation systems.

212 pages, including the appendix.

8.5 x 11 paperback - with comb binding.

ISBN 0-9638849-2-1
LC 96-93025

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Table of Contents

Ch 1: Preface

Ch 2: Acknowledgements

Ch 3: How to Use the Directory

Ch 4: Shortcomings of Traditional Notation

Ch 5: A Brief Description of the Experiment

Ch 6: The Screens in Phases I and II

Ch 7: Results of Phase I Screening

Ch 8: Results of Phase II Screening

Ch 9: Information about the 36 Chromatic Scales

Ch 10: Chromatic Scales Illustration of 36 Systems Passing Phase II

Ch 11: Grouping of 36 Staffs by Line Pattern (by Doug Keislar)

Ch 12: Biographical Sketches of the Evaluators

Ch 13: Directory of Music Notation Proposals (with Phase I Screening)

Ch 14: Appendix: Bibliography of New Notation (compiled by T.S. Reed)