Related Websites
See our More Notation Systems page for links to the websites of particular alternative music notation systems. The links below are to other sites of general interest.
Mutopia Project and Gutenberg Sheet Music Project, digital libraries of free, downloadable sheet music in various file formats (musical works in the public domain).
Intuitive Instruments for Improvisors Paul Hirsch's site on isomorphic (6-6) instruments. His approach to instrument design is very similar to ours with music notation.
Jim Schmidt's alternative saxophones and other woodwind instruments that also use the same principle of isomorphism.
The DIY Keyboard Project (diykeyboard.org) focuses on building alternative, isomorphic keyboards. It is an open-source hardware development project with the goal of making all of the CAD files, microcontroller code, etc… necessary for a hobbyist to build a digital keyboard freely available.
So Musical! "The largest collection of quality music sites on the internet."
Music Notation Reference Guide Basic info on different elements of traditional notation.
Music Notation from the 2nd/3rd century CE
Notational Engineering Laboratory, a research project dedicated to studying and engineering a wide variety of notation systems in general.
www.music-notation.info, index of computer file formats for music notation, and other music notation related content, maintained by Gerd Castan.
Related Publications
Source Book of Proposed Music Notation Reforms - by Gardner Read (1987)
"A New Twelve-Tone Notation" Part VII, #18 of Style and Idea: Selected Writings - by Arnold Schoenberg (1924)
MNMA Publications:
Music Notation News - Quarterly, 1986-2004, edited by T. S. Reed
Music Notation Evaluation Procedure - by Douglas Keislar (1994)
Directory of Music Notation Proposals - by Thomas S. Reed (1997)
Test for New Notation Systems - by T. S. Reed and D. F. Keislar (1999)
MNMA Conference Proceedings:
Norwich, England, 1988 - Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1991)
Saint Louis, USA, 1991 - Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1994)
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1994 - Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1999)
Cebu City, Philippines, 1997 - Edited by Thomas S. Reed (2000)
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